14.Jul.2002
Carsten Schröder (ANF)
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Magazine: AMIGA aktuell 07/2002 published
Carsten Schröder writes:
The July issue of AMIGA aktuell has just been published and can be read online
on our web site (please note: New domain!) as well as downloaded in HTML or
AmigaGuide format. It contains a.o.
- a hands-on experience report about the new USB controller "Highway",
- the third part of our "Ghostscript" workshop,
- a workshop about the usage of the Workbench addon "ToolsMenu",
- a report from the June party of Amiga-Freunde Pfalz,
- miscellaneous comments and assessments about the Amiga situation,
- a.m.m.
The graphics reside in the separate file "Aakt0702GFX.lha" and belong in the
same directory as the guide version resp. the "img" directory within the HTML
version.
Download:
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14.Jul.2002
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)
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Tool: Rainboot4 in development
Rainboot4 is currently in development.
In prior versions Rainboot was only a program to show stunning demos during the Amiga's boot process. But with Version 4 it made its step to become a complete multimedia authoring system, which means that it has now a programming script language, which allows the programmer to create applications in a very easy way.
The programmer
can use many of Rainboot4's functions which save him a lot of time. For example,
you do not have to care if your application runs on Picasso96, Cgfx, AGA or
ECS. That's Rainboot4's thing now! It does everything for you and it does it
system friendly. Here's a short overview what's currently possible:
- 100% system-friendly. Runs on all Amiga systems.
- Application can be displayed in window on Workbench or own screen.
- Transparent windows on Workbench (see screen shot).
- Transition effects.
- Functions to scroll graphics smoothly.
- Transparent Graphics.
- compiler and linker for creating executables.
- Easy monitoring of user input (keyboard, mouse).
- DOS functions.
- String functions.
- Math funktions.
- Variables and arrays.
- Applications run independent of the current screenmode.
- Compatible with older Rainboot versions.
- Different fonts can be used.
- Supports anim brushes.
- Supports sound modules and samples.
- Conditions (if, else, elseif, endif).
- Loops (for, next, while, wend).
- System functions.
- Can still be used during booting.
- MorphOS and AmigaOS4 versions planned.
- and much more.
The interesting thing is, that Rainboot4 does all the work for you. For
example, the following script opens a window with the file mypic.iff as the
background and writes "Hello World" centered in this window:
%BGPIC1=mypic.iff
%CODE
%Locate(CENTER,CENTER)
%PrintStr("Hello World")
%WaitLeftMouse
%Quit
This simplicity is used by all functions of Rainboot4. And it's fully system
friendly. All operations are executed through the operating system or the
RTG system respectively.
It was never easier to code intuitive programs with such little effort but
maximum effectivity and user friendlyness.
Screen shots of Rainboot4 are available on the Airsoft Softwair home page:
www.airsoftsoftwair.de.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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14.Jul.2002
Dennis Lohr (ANF)
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Music: New track on Psyria home page
After nearly 3 months it's happened again. Today the Psyria home page has been
updated. This is also connected with the fact that the site was celebrating its
10,000th visitor recently.
Again, thanks to all for the support.
As of now "Take the Power" is available in the download section. The track has
been produced in collaboration with Yel.C..
Download: YelCvsPsyria-TakeThePower.zip (6,9M)
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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14.Jul.2002
Amiga Future
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freeCD: The Elite Experience
Patrick Henz has released the freeCD
"The Elite Experience".
This CD-ROM contains three original Elite games (Elite, Frontier, First
Encounters) as well as Elite - The New Kind.
In addition to these there are further Elite fan games, pictures, paper models
of the space ships, manuals, tools and stories.
The CD-ROM contains files and programs for Amiga, Amiga CD??,
Apple II, Atari ST, C64. Gameboy, Linux, Nintendo Entertainment
System, OS/2 and Windows.
It is available through the title link and from dealers.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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14.Jul.2002
AROS
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AROS: aros.org accessible again (update)
The AROS web site is again accessible through
www.aros.org.
aros.org is accessible again because Peter Bortas and Aaron Digulla have
managed to transfer the rights to aros.org from Bortas to Digulla. Here the
original text from the AROS-Announce mailing list:
"After only five years of struggling with Network Solutions,
Peter Bortas and I finally managed to have the domain transferred
from him to me. Now ain't that something! :-)
That also means that www.aros.org is working again and that
it won't be down again because the nameservers are now under
my control!"
Addendum 14th July 2002:
Added information and original text about transfer of domain rights.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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14.Jul.2002
Amiga Society
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Amiga Society: Little Book - a.o. Dragons Lair, Flight Simulator II
From the Amiga Society web site:
The mail has arrived. Connected with that a whole bunch of "new" old games,
which will bei entered into the Little Book immediately. Present are a.o. RVF
Honda, Super Hang on, Dragons Lair and, not to be forgotten, the famous Flight
Simulator II.
With that the weekend is saved. The first part of Ians update has also arrived
and will presumably be uploaded tomorrow. Well, how shall we continue - the way
it looks like, you're mostly interested in new hard and software.
Thus we are set a bit out of place. As a rule I prefer the classics....
This is originates from the fact that we are working nearly exclusively as a
pair on this thing, and obtaining old, partially dead computers
*screwsolderrun* is much less expensive than purchasing new stuff.
Though I will - if it becomes available - have an AmigaOne standing here,
an adequate broadness isn't feasible on a shoestring budget."
All in all, the following information has been added to the "Little Book of
Amiga Software":
13th July 2002
- Extended: Amiga games list
- Extended: Body Blows
- New Entry: Super Hang On
- New Entry: RVF Honda
- New Entry: Shadow of the Beast
- New Entry: TV Sports Football
- New Entry: Dragons Lair
- New Entry: Goldrunner II
- New Entry: Atomino
- New Entry: LOOPZ
- New Entry: Flight Simulator II
- New Entry: Super Tennis Champs
13th July 2002
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14.Jul.2002
Gregory Donner-Homepage
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History: Workbench Nostalgia - Updates for WB 2.x
Gregory Donner updated his "Workbench Nostalgia" page on 12th July 2002. This
site contains information about the various Amiga Workbench versions. He
corrected or moved notes in the
Workbench 2.0,
Workbench 2.04
and the
ßeta 0.x pages.
These notes have been contributed by Rodney Hester.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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14.Jul.2002
AWeb Open Source
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AWeb: List of persons involved
A list of the people involved
in the project was published on the AWeb Open Source web site on 8th July 2002.
This list was last updated today.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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14.Jul.2002
Amiga Future
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A.D.A.: Demos - Muscles, Kah835GB, Dose, Fetish
On 26th May 2002, four demos and two videos were added to the Amiga Demoscene
Archive (A.D.A.). The additions are:
All demos are available for download for the Amiga and are presented with
pictures on their pages. There are also video versions of the first two demos
available.
Furthermore, videos for the following Mawi PPC demos have been published:
Within ca. 7 months, A.D.A. has had more than 10,000 hits (ca. 14,400 page views):
"And we reached more than 10000 hits (about 14400 page views) in about 7 months online.
Thanks a lot and keep checking back for more demos and to add comments and votes
on all the demos."
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14.Jul.2002
Amiga Future
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ExoticA: Extensive update of many areas
On 14th July 2002 many areas of the
ExoticA web site were updated.
This site deals a.o. with the Amiga's musical abilities and history.
Among other things, the "Demo Scene Reference Manual", "Tracker History"
and "High Voltage SID Collection" have been updated.
Additionally, BuZz writes briefly about the "eXtreme Computing 2002" and the
"Back In Time Live 3" meeting in the news.
All changes in detail can be read in the
news text
on ExoticA.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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14.Jul.2002
Amiga Future
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The Legacy.de: 600 Coverscans removed
From "The Legacy" web site:
"600 coverscans, mostly of Amiga games, have been removed. Now, it is a little
bit empty here- if you find replacements for them, scan 'em and mail 'em us!."
"The Legacy" web site offers, in the form of a museum, information about
computer games in German and English. (sd) (Translation: cb)
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14.Jul.2002
Amiga Future
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MorphOS: ttflib V0.8.5
On 14th July 2002, Sigbjørn Skjæret released Version 0.8.5 of the ttf library for MorphOS for displaying TrueType fonts.
In this version the libcode has been improved which makes the library significantly faster than its predecessor.
Download: ttflib_mos.lha (sd)
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14.Jul.2002
Ruben Monteiro (Amiga Open-ML)
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AmigaDE: 3D - TinyGL V0.2
On 12th July 2002, version 0.2 of TinyGL for AmigaDE has been released. TinyGL
supplies a subset of the OpenGL API for developing 3D-Software for AmigaDE.
Compared to the previous version, the following changes have been incorporated:
- Bugfix: Some errors have been corrected.
- New: Some code examples have been added.
- New: Some GLUT/GLU functions have been added:
- GLUT: glutMouseFunc, glutMotionFunc, glutPassiveMotionFunc,
glutEntryFunc, glutShowWindow, glutHideWindow, glutPositionWindow,
glutReshapeWindow.
- GLU: gluCylinder, gluDisk, gluSphere.
- GL: glGetString
People who'd like to support this project may submit bug reports and feature
requests through the title link.
Download: tinygl.zip?download (113K),
Changelog
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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14.Jul.2002
ANN
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Magazine: ARM #3
Spanish Amiga magazine ARM's third issue will be out in a couple of days.
The contents, images, news and further information about the magazine are
accessible through the title link.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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14.Jul.2002
Amiga Info @ point.design
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Event: O.A.S.E. 2002 in Graz - 14th & 15th September
Amiga Info write:
The O.A.S.E. - The Open Amiga Southeast Europe Show will take place on
Sa. & Su., 14th & 15th September at the Hotel Europa in Graz,
near the main station.
A presentation of the AmigaOne is scheduled, and (!if possible!), also of AmigaOS4.
Furthermore we will be showing Amigas with PCI solutions and USB, as well as
Amithlon 2.0.
And we will have Designer cases for the new Amiga generation on show.
Admission is free. Arrival by car, train or plane (Ryanair from London (STN) - Graz @ ca. 35.-).
O.A.S.E. Open Amiga Southeast Show
14th & 15th September 2002
http://www.oase.at/
E-Mail: oase@pointdesign.at
VX/FX: +43-316-913-048
Mobil: +43-699-1209-0397 (sd) (Translation: cb)
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13.Jul.2002
Rupert Hausberger (ANF)
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Benchmark tool: AmigaMARK LPA 2002
First beta screenshots of a new Amiga Benchmark tool.
With this program you can exactly analyse the performance of CPU, memory and drive. For the time being 16 CPU, 24 memory and 15 drive tests have been implemented. 2D and 3D Benchmarks will follow later in a separate tool. The first public beta will be released for 68k and MorphOS and needs the help of beta testers who may register at a given time...
Minimum system configuration:
- AmigaOS: > 3.1
- RAM: 6 MB FAST, 1 MB CHIP
- HDD: ~10 MB
Author/contact:
Rupert Hausberger (naTmeg)
Austria
EFNET/IRCNET: naTmeg / AmiComSys: naTmeg
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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13.Jul.2002
Thorsten Mampel, 1. chairman ACH (ANF)
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15th birthday of the Amiga club Hamburg
The Amiga club Hamburg celebrates in August 2002 its 15th birthday. We want to celebrate this day accordingly. Therefore there'll be a party taking place on Saturday, August, 31th 2002 in the Volkshaus Berne/Hamburg where also our club room lies. For the celebration we have rent a big room in the Volkshaus.
The following events are planned for the party:
- Cold buffet
- Show program
- Music and dance
- Exhibition showing the club and Amiga history
- Video presentation
- Draw with interesting prices
You may enter for free but we have to take a price for the cold buffet and the drinks 10,- Euro all inclusive. For an exact planning is a registration needed.
Every Amiga fan and those who want to become one (or were ones) are very welcome.
As you can see above we are planning a draw. Details about the prices and the awaited guests as well as all further information will be published on our homepage (title link).
Please send registrations and questions to festauschuss@amigaclubhamburg.de.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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13.Jul.2002
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Several software updates (13.07.2002)
Andreas Kleinert has released version 45.3 of the akPNG datatype for 68k computers.
Download: akPNG-dt.lha
At SixK you can find the following new ports:
Little endian version of Mame 0.60
P96 colour problem resolved in few SDL binaries.
Amiga Online Games (AOG) has added some addons to the online games database that solve problems with several games.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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13.Jul.2002
IOSPIRIT (ANF)
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Webinterface for mailinglists on iospirit.de
We offer free mailinglists as part of our service. By subscribing to a
mailinglist you can discuss with other users, exchange the latest tips
or just receive the latest news.
Starting with today, we also provide you with a webinterface that allows
you to view all mails in a mailinglist that have been submitted until
now. You reach the webinterface by clicking on a list's name in the
mailinglist-overview (see "Service" on the left bar).
(ps)
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13.Jul.2002
Alexander Fritsch, selco (ANF)
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Sowjet speech encryption machine for telephone and radio
Right before the summer break a software premiere: the simulation of the Sowjet speech encryption machine "Elbrus". This is a military encryption device for telephone and radio that had been used at the USSR army and the NVA of the GDR. The signal is analogue encoded using a digital code i.e. you get an encrypted audio signal that can be broadcasted directly (without modem) analogue via telephone or radio. With the program you can en-/decode own audio files (or an audio stream of the AHI device). The program should be unique in the Web and is for now exclusively available for the Amiga (68k and PPC). A detailed description and a sound example can be found following the title link.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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12.Jul.2002
AMIGAplus Redaktion (ANF)
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AMIGAplus: New editing address
During the next days we will move to a new office. From 22nd July 2002 please still only use the following address:
AMIGAplus
Dürener Straße 387
50935 Köln
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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12.Jul.2002
Olaf Winkler (E-Mail)
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VIVA-Text: Amigas classical games on Gameboy Advance
About ten years ago the successful story of "Pinball Fantasies" started on the Amiga. Now the flipper simulation is supposed to capture the Gameboy Advance. There are eight different tables to chose which have been originally taken from the games "Pinball Fantasies" and "Pinball Dreams". Diverse ramps, traps and hills are supposed to make a new highscore more difficult.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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12.Jul.2002
AMIGAplus
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Elbox: New driver for Mroocheck version 2.0
ELBOX Computer has published version 2.0 of the driver "Mroocheck" (Punchinello MK II, Topolino MK II) for the PC-mouse-adapter.
The new driver enables you to calibrate the A/D-converter-parameter on the Amiga in a undependable way for each direction of movement of the mouse wheel.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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12.Jul.2002
AMIGAplus
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Soundtracker: Crap Track version 1.1
The soundtracker "Crap Track" has been published in version 1.1 as the last update
inclusive sourcecode.
Download: craptrack_v1_1.lha -
craptrack_v1_1_src.lha
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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12.Jul.2002
Kilian Servais (ANF)
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Commemorative edition 100 of disk magazine NoCover published
Today commemorative edition 100 has been published of freeware disk magazine NoCover which of course also contains the current issue of the "Amiga Aktuell". With it NC might belong to one of the longest existing magazines at all. Currently writers are searched who activly participate in NC so the magazine may keep on existing. You can get the NC either via email, over APC&TCP or from the Aminet. Of course you can order a free email subscription at each time. Simply write an email to kilian@apc-tcp.de. (ps) (Translation: dr)
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12.Jul.2002
ANN
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New photos of AmigaMania13 June French Meeting
Stephane Marrec wrote on ANN:
Here are more photos of the meeting ArtBastringue/AmigaMania in Toulouse
(FRANCE) June 22-23 2002.
- - Photos of an "AmigaOne SE" running LinuxPPC,
- - Photos of the new "AmigaOne XE" showed by Alan Redhouse (Eyetech) during the conférence
- - Photos of "cristO classic" high end tower case from Naya Design.
- - Various photos of well known French Amiga users (Professionals and normal users)
- - and more... :)
Gallery 1 AmigaMania13_1
Gallery 2 AmigaMania13_2
Unfortunely no comment for each photos is available.
You can find the other photos about that meeting, at the French Amiga
Association "AFLE" web site: AmigaMania13 AFLE.
Other infos about organization and program of that weekend:
AmigaMania13 info.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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12.Jul.2002
Richard Kapp (ANF)
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GFX-BASE: New version of AmiStart published / Results of opinion poll
There is a new version of AmiStart of Darius Brewka. The new version offers an improved and extended GUI, antialiased Truetype-font support and much more. The new AmiStart version will be published on Aminet in some days. But GFX-Base offers already now the full archive for download and besides this you can look at some new screenshots and get information about further details of the program. Additionally you can read the interview with Darius Brewka and the question&answers of AmiStart.
Download: AmiStart.lha 342 KB
Furthermore the results of the GFX-Base opinion poll 'Should there be AmigaOS4.0 for
Pegasos or do you think MorphOS would be the right way?' are online and can be viewed in the vote-area. 426 users participated in it. (Translation: dr)
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12.Jul.2002
BruZard (ANF)
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BruZard: The end
BruZard wrote:
Because of professional reasons I give up all activities on the Amiga. This year I will still manage the AMIGAplus forum but I have been already looking for an user who will do it afterwards. Furthermore the projects "AmiBlitz" and "Stahl2003" are involved. The last mentioned one was a game project for AmigaPPC but it will be published only on Windows PCs because of the negative Amiga market.
Thank you for having 12 years fun with the Amiga and I wish all Amiga users a good prospect in which I cannot believe no more. I regret the farewell but I do not want to waste my time with an antiquated system which has no future. Cya Folks, may the Force be with you!
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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11.Jul.2002
Amiforce
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Amiforce: Amiblitz and Developer Support
Amiforce is immediately offering developer support for Amiblitz programmers. If you have written something in Amiblitz, you can make a connection with Cj-Stroker. If it is shareware, he can create an online registration form, and introduce the program.
The goal is to create a platform that both builds the excitement and raises the motivation. Amiga programmers have become a scarce commodity. There must be more new ones and the existing ones must be kept.
If you have your own homepage, Cj-Stroker can help you to market your program on Amiforce. That goes for everybody.
Steffen Nitz provided the first ones. His programs SN-Münzarchiv and SN-Markenarchiv may now be ordered, and may be directly registered online.
The entirety of all this is yet to be attained over the startpage. Before long the Amiblitz section will be newly displayed and correspondingly a new headline will be entered.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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11.Jul.2002
Amigan Software
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Tool: Report+ Version 5.52
For Amiga OS 3.9 users version 5.52 of Report+ is available for download. With Report+ from Amigan Software you can easily generate bug reports, Aminet *.readme files, autodocs, and similar reports. The program is freeware and uses ReAction/GadTools. Since version 5.51a the program has been 90% converted to Reaction, the speed has increased, and a few bugs were eliminated.
Download: ReportPlus.lha (352 KB) (ps) (Translation: dm)
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11.Jul.2002
GoldED Support
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Editor: GoldED Studio 6 Final-Update in work
In a few days a final update for GoldED Studio will be released which
combines the existing editor (release 6) with material from the aborted
development of version 7: all-new graphics, an improved UI library and
various updated add-ons. The package will include the Distributed BASIC
interpreter with GPL'ed source code.
User Interface Preview
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11.Jul.2002
Andreas Magerl (E-Mail)
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Amiga Future: Issue 37 (July-August 2002) Appears
Today issue #37 of Amiga Future (July-August 2002) has appeared.
All the subscriptions and individual issues were sent off today. Naturally the edition is also available by backorder from here on.
Contents:
- Test Highway USB Card
- Test Ascon Files
- Test Monstro
- Test Demo Collection
- Test Theme Park
- Test Chaos Engine 2
- Test Wasted Dreams
- Test Dynamite CD Collectors Edition
- Test Aminet 48
- Test EmuCD
- Preview AmigaOS 4.0
- Preview Earth 2150
- and a whole lot more
Full version on the Reader's CD:
- Chaos
- StarDefender
- Zerberk
- Microbes
- Gnome
- Digibooster 1.7
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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11.Jul.2002
Markus Nerding (ANF)
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H&P: Special Offer of Freespace - The Great War
For a limited time (until August 16th 2002) H&P is offering the full version of the excellent outer space battle simulator from Hyperion for the extra low price of just 24 euros [about $24 -DM]. Order now or read more about it
here. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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11.Jul.2002
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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New DirOpus4 Betaversion Available
A new betaversion of Directory Opus IV is available under the title-link. Changes since the previous version may be found in the history.
Direct download: http://dopus.amiga.pl/files/DOpus417pre13.lzx
Please be aware that the catalog data has not been brought up to date, and may also be that you'll bump into text that hasn't been translated. But that that doesn't affect the fact that everything works. Whoever cares to do so may go over the German catalog and work with the built-in English strings. New catalog data is the next goal. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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11.Jul.2002
Tamio Honma (ANF)
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Vulnerabilities in Zaurus SL-5000D and SL-5500 PDA
Under the title-link you'll find an article which describes the vulnerabilities and security holes of the Sharp Zaurus.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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11.Jul.2002
Michael Heider (ANF)
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Now Available: Image Installer CD with Mandrake 8.2 PPC for Amiga
Under the title-link you'll find the Image Installer-CD for Amiga with PPC card. The CD contains the image installer with German and English user guidance, an image file of Mandrake 8.2 Linux PPC, and additionally the installation instructions in German and English. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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11.Jul.2002
Michael Boehmer (ANF)
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Mailing List for HIGHWAY/SUBWAY Users
For the users of HIGHWAY/SUBWAY boards (and not only these) as well as anyone interested there is a mailing list to exchange knowledge about USB cards on Amiga and experience with everyday problems, to serve as a mutual assistance center. Developers are similarly invited to actively take part. Just click on the title-link to get started.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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11.Jul.2002
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)
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CD32/CDTV-Emulator for Windows: Akiko Version 1.6
Akiko 1.6, the CD32 & CDTV emulator for Windows was just released on the
Airsoft Softwair homepage (title link). This version can run more games
and the compatibility was increased. Additionally this version contains
now a cover archive with more than 160 covers for CD32 and CDTV games
(of course they've been prepared to be displayed in the Akiko GUI).
Therefore there are now two different versions of Akiko for download:
One version that contains all the covers (8 MB) and one version
that comes without covers (1.5 MB). Akiko 1.6 can now be downloaded
from the Airsoft Softwair web page.
Please have also a look into the documentation because the author need
to buy some CD32 games and he still need some CDTV games for Akiko. (ps)
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10.Jul.2002
AmigArt
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AmigArt: Interview with Elbox
Following the title link you can discover an English Interview with Elbox,
which has been made by 'Aracnet' of AmigArt.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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10.Jul.2002
Timo Kloss (E-Mail)
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Inutilis Website new layouted
The netsite from Inutilis Software has been new layouted. There has been added the freeware program "PalettenTool",
which might be interesting for Inga developers.
With that and another additional graphic program (e. g. PPaint) there is the possibility given to calculate 24 bit graphics down to 8 bit including the option to define a part of the colour pallette by yourself (e.g. for a inventary bar).
Furthermore the online shop has been relaunched. Until now there are no new products but there are plans...
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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10.Jul.2002
Miscellaneous sources
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Miscellaneous software news
At SourceForge are the followimg new versions of some ports to find:
The window manager DepthMenu by Arkadiusz 'Yak' Wahlig is released in
version 2.36. With this tool you can manage, minimize or maximize opened windows at your workbench.
The new version includes some bug fixes, new modules for DOpus 4 and 5 and new locales.
Download: DepthMenu.lha
Andreas Kleinert
has released version 5.06 of his akMPEG4 players, optimized for 68k and x86.
Download: akMPEG4.lha
The game Payback by Apex Designs
will be released in about two month for Windows and Linux. A first short
status report
has gone online already.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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10.Jul.2002
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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MAI Logic Press release: Partnership with Eyetech
By the title link there is a press release of MAI Logic to find, in which
Eyetech is announced as the European distributor of the Teron CX/PX systems.
The "Teron CX/PX based systems" (AmigaOne-SE/XE) are mentioned too.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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10.Jul.2002
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Poll: Should the next Amiga fair be held in Cologne again?
By demand of Ingo Schmitz we have started today this poll.
Possible answers:
- Yes, I liked Cologne every time
- Yes, but another location would be okay as well
- No, more to the north would be better
- No, more to the south would be better
- No, more to the east would be better
- No, more to the west would be better
- Doesn´t matter I won´t attend it anyway
The poll is to reach by the title link, the current result is to get here.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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10.Jul.2002
The High Mind (ANF)
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Offer for free hosting of Amiga related (not commercial) sites
We are running our servers on a true T3 now, so we have plenty of
bandwidth and space available. If anyone has Amiga content related
sites that they need hosted, I would be willing to offer free hosting
on one of our machines to them. There really are some nice sites out
there that are endangered of going away due to cost issues..
For such a small, dedicated community, this shouldn't ever have to be
an issue.
Our servers have PHP4, Perl5, Rebol View/Core and MySQL installed, so
all of the above are available to you.
So if anyone needs a content site (e.g. non-commercial site) hosted, we
can arrange this with you at no cost to you. This applies to Morph, AROS,
Rebol, and Be related sites too.
If interested, e-mail LotR@merlancial.com.
This is my way of giving some back to the Amiga community..
I've personally almost given up hope of anything real out of A.I. now,
as they are even in debt to me for a large sum of money...but as far as
the Amiga community is concerned, I have better hopes. You truly are a
bunch of wonderful colourful individuals who I have always loved working
with. It's a shame we haven't made as great a comeback as I would have
hoped...
(ps)
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09.Jul.2002
A.D.A. Demo Archive
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A.D.A.: New Demos - New Dawn Fades / Heavy Traffic
A.D.A., the Amiga Demo Archive with search function has provided the PPC-Demos 'New Dawn Fades' and 'Heavy Traffic' for download.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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09.Jul.2002
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - New packets (until 11.07.2002) (Update)
With WHDLoad you can install games you only can play on disks on your
hard disk. The following games are added or updated:
- 11.07.02 new: Analogia (Analog) done by Psygore
- 09.07.02 fixed: Eye of the Beholder (Westwood/SSI) supplied diskimage corrected
- 08.07.02 new: Vectorball (Mastertronic) done by Codetapper
- 08.07.02 improved: Brutal Paws of Fury (GameTek) supports CD³² version
- 08.07.02 improved: Mig-29 Soviet Fighter (Code Masters/Rapier Design) supports another version
- 08.07.02 improved: Future BasketBall (Hewson) keyboard fixed, new install script
- 08.07.02 new: Yogi's Great Escape (Hi-Tec) done by Codetapper
- 08.07.02 fixed: The Real Popeye (Bignonia) works on faster machines too
- 08.07.02 new: Pong (Claudio Buraglio) done by JOTD
- 08.07.02 new: KGB (Cryo) done by JOTD
- 08.07.02 improved: Insanity Fight (Microdeal) supports another version
- 08.07.02 new: Fright Night (Microdeal) done by Psygore
- 08.07.02 new: European Football Champ (Domark) done by Codetapper
- 08.07.02 improved: Black Sect (Lankhor) access faults removed, docs/solution added
- 08.07.02 improved: American Gladiators (GameTek/Imagitec Design) blitter waits added, SMC fixed
(ps)
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08.Jul.2002
Marco Frischkorn (ANF)
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highantdev.de: Servermoving causes HTML-chat inavailability
Due to some serious security problems of the SuSE-Linux system, the homepage of HighAnt Development (titlelink) will be moved to a new server. This moving will cause some downtime of the server (including the HTML-chat).
The chat will be back as soon as possible!
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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08.Jul.2002
Jan Andersen (VHT-ML)
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Virus protection: VirusZ III v0.9b
Georg Hoermann has made an new update of VirusZ III, and the new update
is now available for download
at all the Virus Help Team's homepages. Here is some info about the update:
Name: VirusZ III v0.9b
Archive name : VirusZ.lha
Archive size : 61.352 bytes
Date : 8 July 2002
Programmer : Georg Hoermann
Requires:
AmigaOS 2.04 or better
util/libs/ReqToolsUsr.lha
util/virus/xvslibrary.lha
util/pack/xfdmaster.lha
util/arc/xadmaster.lha (recommended)
util/libs/DisLib.lha (optional)
(ps)
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08.Jul.2002
Amiga Community
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SixK-Port: Reaction MySQL Client RMC 0.4
SixK wrote:
I've just added RMC 0.4, the Reaction MySql Client.
This release has far less bugs than the latest.
Download: RMC0.4.lzx
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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08.Jul.2002
Amiga Community
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SixK SDL-Spieleport: Freecraft 1.17.2
SixK released his SDL-port of Freecraft 1.17.2 (a Warcraft-clone). The SDL-library makes the programming of games and other multimedia-program for different operating systems possible.
Download: freecraft-020630.lzx
Release notes:
- Multiplayer is tested and works on Amiga.
- Few bugs fixed.
- Sound still disabled for Amiga.
- For all SDL games, you can have the good colors with P96
when you play SDL games in window mode with a 16 bits
(not 16 Bits PC) Workbench.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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