19.Apr.2000
Frank Mariak by e-mail
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CyberGraphX 4.2 Update
Pre6 of CGX version 4.2 has been released. This version fixes the "Pointer Color Bug" with
CVPPC/BVPPC, and improves the CV64/3D drivers. As always, the CGX V4 CD-ROM is required
for this update.
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19.Apr.2000
Nico Barbat by e-mail
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Amiga Survivor sold to CS&E
Andrew Reed informed us that the english print magazine Amiga Survivor is no longer
owned by Crystal Interactive Software.
The new owner is CD&E (URL at title link), 7 Glyme Close, Woodstock, Oxon, OX20 1LB, UK,
Phone +44 (0) 1993 812685, e-mail: csande@csande.com.
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19.Apr.2000
Hans-Jörg Frieden by e-mail
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Hyperion announces their Amiga plans for 2000
In the next days, Hyperion will celebrate it's first birthday. When we started
this endeavor, it was our declared goal to bring high-quality high-end entertainment
software to the Amiga.
We believe we are on the best way to achieve this. In the last year, we created
an impressive code base, which will allow us to significantly reduce our time-to-product
in the future. This code base is now partially available for the Amiga community, too:
MiniGL, chunkyppc.library, the new Warp3D version (in cooperation with Sam Jordan) etc.
We work with two of the most inpressive 3D engines, the Quake-II and the LithTech engine.
In cooperation with Titan, we brought the Smacker Video Codec to the Amiga, a real
industrial standard. In the next months, we are ready to significantly speed up
the development cycle. This is why we want to answer some frequently asked questions.
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19.Apr.2000
Amiga Sector One
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Two new games for Amiga emulators
Amiga Sector One offers "Tower of Souls" by Black Legend and "Lethal Formula"
to download for AMiga emulators.
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19.Apr.2000
GoldED
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GoldED Service Pack 16
The new Service Pack 16 for GoldED is scheduled for release at the end of April.
As you can see on this screenshot,
the new Webworld add-on will be significantly expanded. Looks promising :-).
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19.Apr.2000
AmiDog
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(Beta) MiniGL for SOPE
For his Sony Playstation emulator SOPE, AmiDog released a first beta version
of his MiniGL. More details at the title link.
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19.Apr.2000
Amiga Rediscovery
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Amiga Rediscovery: New Classic demo "Exile"
On his website, Mikey Carillo regularily offers older demos for download.
Currently you can download "Exile".
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18.Apr.2000
Torsten Dudai
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New Cartoon: a new Challenge(r)?
Amiga users in Europe and the US seem to have very different expectations of Amiga Inc.'s new strategy.
(td) (Translation: td)
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17.Apr.2000
Holger Beer by e-mail
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HBMonopoly version 2.4 released
HBMonopoly is available in a new version. Aside from small improvements, there are
now new translations to Russian, Portugeese and Czech. Additionally, the Finish and
Catalan translation have been updated.
Download: HBMonopoly.lzx.zip - 518 Kb
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17.Apr.2000
Oliver Wagner by e-mail
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MetalWEB 4.0 released
Download: MetalWEB4.lzx - 906 Kb
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17.Apr.2000
Damian Stolarek by e-mail
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New GLQuake 1.0 beta version 6.2 released
There is a new version of GL Quake available for download on Frank Wille's homepage.
Download: GLQuakeWOS.gz
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17.Apr.2000
Thomas Steiding by e-mail
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Epic News
Epic Marketing and Paul Burkey announce the "Foundation Mission CD: The Undiscovered Land".
The CD requires the "Foundation Directors Cut" and offers 40 new missions and more. First
informations can be found under "Projects" in the next few days. The CD will be released
around the end of May.
The Foundation Support Website has moved. Please change your bookmarks to
http://www.shoecake.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/foundation.html
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17.Apr.2000
AROS
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AROS News
No news about the comercialisation of AROS, which is being discussed recently.
Many ideas have been talked about and evaluated, but as always when money is part
of the equation, things move slowly. Independantly the development of AROS is
continuing as usual.
There are still two well-payed jobs open!
Right now we are using DOpus 4, which was gratuitiously provided by GP Software,
to find and fix bugs in AROS.
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17.Apr.2000
Christian Steiner on ANF
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SHARKS! CD32 edition almost finished!
For some time now I am working on a CD32 version of my game "SHARKS!". It's getting closer:
"SHARKS! CD32-Edition" will be finished in reoughly two weeks!
The CD version will offer many options to customize the game to your AMIGA. Among others,
a CD sountrack will be included as well as two other games by myself. This CD is not only
suited for the CD32, but can also be started with a "normal" AMIGA (OS2.04, 2 MB RAM &
CD-ROM). More details are available on my homepage, in the "Projekte" area.
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17.Apr.2000
Thomas Schulze on ANF
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News from Dreamworlds Development
After a long break, our website recieved an update again. The Crossfire II pages
have been completely reworked, with new screenshots added.
Also we are looking for a graphics artist to support the finishing of Crossfire II.
If you are interested, you will find more information on the website.
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16.Apr.2000
Felix Schwarz
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amiga-news.de now available on WAP mobiles
AMIGA news everywhere, at any time... starting immediately, owners of a WAP
mobile can read amiga-news.de by WAP, getting the latest news on their mobile.
Right now only the headlines are transmitted, later on the full articles will
be available by WAP.
The software employed is made by Innovative.
If you don't own a WAP mobile yet, but want to have a look at the WAP offer, you
can look at this screenshot or look at the page
with Netscape on a PC at gelon.net.
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16.Apr.2000
Andreas Hippauf by e-mail
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New Lightforce version released
As I promised, the new Menu system has been "finished" on Sunday. There aren't that
much functions yet aside from Start and End, but you can get a first impression of
how it will look like. The archive is available at the Lightforce site as lha archive
in three versions: full archive, program files only, graphic files only.
A word on the (bad) graphics: I urgently need an artist taking over this part.
Everybody is free to modify the graphics files (png format) and send in his version.
I will provide these versions as archives on the Lightforce download site.
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16.Apr.2000
Stefan Popp by e-mail
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Hyperion: New MiniGL library finished
The new MiniGL technology is available to software developers immediately. The
MiniGL.library proved itself already in the Heretic II port, and will also be
employed in ports like SiN, Shogo: MAD and Freespace. More
details.
Download: minigl-r1.lha - 904 Kb
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16.Apr.2000
Efim Shuvikov by e-mail
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New Amiga webfonts
Efim Shuvikov has released a new collection of his Amiga webfonts. More details
and a download area can be found at the title link.
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16.Apr.2000
Oliver Wagner by e-mail
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Voyager 3.2 released
This version is a "full release". It has been tested by alpha testers and public beta
releases, and should run very stable. Of course development continues, and the next
version is already under development. Read the complete readme
for more details.
Download:
Update from V3 3.1:
v3_update_31_32.lha - 347 Kb
Complete archive: v3_32.lha - 1.2 MB
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15.Apr.2000
Matthias Henze by e-mail
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V.44.41 beta 4 of HSMathLibs for MC68040 and MC68060 released
Some functions have been optimized, many bugs removed. This version is
for registered users only.
Added afterwards:
Version 44.41 beta 4a of the HSMathLibs for MC68060 fixes a bug in the function
"SPSincos" (mathtrans.library).
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15.Apr.2000
Martin Heine by e-mail
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Webfonts
The new tutorial page by Neko is online. Here you find all informations about the
ttf.library and how to use it efficiently.
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15.Apr.2000
Daniel Villiers
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The Amiga in perspective
'The Amiga in perspective' website, is an open view to the Amiga community which contains
ideas and analyst to further dialogue and develop ideas for the future of the platform.
Check it out and give me your feedback. I think it will provide an interesting read.
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14.Apr.2000
AMIGA
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AMIGA plans to use Sun's Java technology for new products
Amiga Announces Plans to Embrace Sun's Java Technology as the software platform for forthcoming New Amiga products
Amiga is the home of a large number of the world's leading edge multimedia developers, artists and users.
Historically, the Amiga platform has targeted providing the most compelling multimedia content to desktop systems, the new Amiga platform will continue that tradition on desktops and address connected, multimedia digital appliances such as webphones, digital TVs, and WebTablets. Now the world's most creative multimedia engineers can leverage the Java platform to target a vast array of new products and solutions.
The underlying technology used in the Amiga system is a Sun Java branded version of PersonalJava developed by the Tao Group. Tao's software is a media-rich environment that was designed from the ground up to run on a wide range of low cost, processor and memory constrained consumer devices that offer a wide range of multimedia capabilities.
Within Amiga's new target markets, several key standards groups are adopting Java technology; HAVi, OSGi and DVB are three examples. Amiga is adopting the popular Java platform for developers creating new generation content and applications that could also be used on industry standard devices such as in home networking and digital television. The millions of Java technology developers will be able to deploy their innovative content on a wide range of new products that will excite consumers.
"We are excited to see a longtime favorite of the multimedia developer community turn to Java technology as their programming platform of choice. The deeply loyal Amiga developer community will be able to leverage the wealth of Java development tools and support to build new, highly innovative and fun applications. We are also pleased that Amiga will work with the Tao Group, a company dedicated to compatible implementations with media rich capabilities," said Curtis Sasaki, Director of Product Marketing, Consumer Technologies, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
"The New Amiga is a breath of fresh air for the industry, and has a talent pool of developers who continue to lead the way in the creation of dynamic software products," commented Bill McEwen, President and CEO, Amiga. "Sun and the Java platform provide us with great tools, a large number of potentially new developers, and a well supported platform, and experience in emerging markets. The Tao intent implementation is unique in being able to provide the key system requirements needed to run the Java platform in mobile and consumer products."
Francis Charig, Chairman of Tao Group says, "Combining the world's most advanced community of multimedia artists and engineers with the new industry standard software [Java] is the next natural step forward. It is wholly appropriate that Sun, Tao and Amiga work closely together and the result shall be a wealth of Java technology-based media content for the consumer and other markets."
Notes to Editors
About Amiga
Amiga Incorporated is dedicated to the development, design, and implementation of components, services, and models that support the digital experience of tomorrow. Amiga lead the world into the multimedia experience in the early 80's, and will lead it into the Digital content universe of the future.
About Tao
Tao Group is an intellectual property generator and software company specializing in technologies for home and mobile networks. Incorporated in 1992, the company provides leading edge products for the emerging markets of intelligent consumer devices. The company's philosophy is based on providing powerful frameworks for use right across the range of networked appliances from smart phones to digital televisions, into which Tao's clients can build in their own branding and incorporate their own added value. Tao's clients include blue chip technology corporations in the United States, Japan and Europe. Motorola and Sony are investors in Tao Group. Tao is headquartered in Reading, United Kingdom, with representation in Japan and the US, and its staff includes more than fifty world-class software engineers. Tao is a Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 Winner and has won a series of innovation awards for its operating system and Java-based engine.
Amiga and AmigaDOS are trademarks of Amiga Inc. The Boing Ball Logo, the Amiga Diamond Logo, and the Amiga Logo are trademarks of Amiga Inc. and may not be reproduced for any purpose. intent is a trademark of Tao Group Limited. Sun, Sun Microsystems, and Java are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. (Translation: mb)
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14.Apr.2000
Richard H. Poser via eMail
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AmigAIM Version 0.9353 Beta released
- The sound and window menu problems were fixed in this release.
- Prefs can now be set for Windows to be opened on original connection,
auto relogin should not change the normal windows (Either the Docking
Window or the Buddy List Window must always be opened, though both can be
set for opening)
- If currently away when Auto-relogin is activated, the client should
now reset itself as away after reconnecting.
- Removed a testing menu I think I left in an earlier upload (didn't do much anyway)
Download: AmigAIM_BETA.lha
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14.Apr.2000
Dennis "Hurrican" Pauler in ANF
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Virtual Dimension status report
After months finally an update. First of all: Many thanks for the incredibly
positive feedback regarding our fair video. As it was such a success, we will
of course make videos again in future - just stop by ever now and then.
After so many months you will certainly ask what's up with Cybermove, our Sokoban clone
with extras, several music tracks, etc. Have a look at the picture here! :-)
In plain language: we had a little harddisk crash and lost all source codes of
the last half year (Backup - how do you spell that?). The Cybermove project thus is frozen
for the time being, but we already work on something new. What that is? That'll
be revealed sometime soon... ;-)
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14.Apr.2000
Nico Barbat
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Free Amiga Jobs online
The worrying lack of qualified people in the computer field is also apparent on the Amiga market.
Creative minds, especially programmers, designers and text journalists, are sought
by numerous small and medium-sized companies and private developers.
The editorial staff of the German print magazine Amiga plus is pleased to announce
in cooperation with the Amiga-News team a free job service. "Free Amiga Jobs" is
supposed to bring new life to the Amiga market by getting employers and employees
into contact. This job service can by used freely by both employers and employees.
"Free Amiga Jobs" can be reached through the URL
amiga-news.de/jobs/.
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13.Apr.2000
Andreas L. in ANF
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Pokémons now as Amiga icons
Elastic Images is offering some of the well-known (?) Pokémons as WB icons
(OS 3.5 only). The sets are available in two sizes (for resolutions of 1024x768 +
and for smaller screens).
Special Pokémon icon sets for the 'Scene-Handler'
by Alex Kazik are also available on the Movieshop software sote. Additionally, we have
some new downloads on the subject MovieShop to offer.
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13.Apr.2000
Michael Ritter by e-mail
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amiga-news.de included in the webcharts at gutesites.de :-)
You will be happy to hear that your site has been added to the Web Charts. More
precisely, to the charts of the Good Sites Germany.
The web charts can be found at http://www.gutesites.de/
and http://www.schlechtesites.de/. There is an
option to rate the listed websites. As you can see, there is also a chart for especially bad
sites. This area can only be called "unbelievable". ;)
Oh yes, we are happy :-) If you want, you can
rate
amiga-news.de. We are very keen to see the results. In the right hand menu, we placed a little
banner with link, so our readers can rate us at a later time. (ps)
Added afterwards:
Within a few hours, over 250 people have rated our
site, and in no time boosted us to rank #1. Thanks for the great ratings :-). (ps)
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13.Apr.2000
Andreas Falkenhahn by e-mail
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Airsoft Softwair website has moved
The Airsoft Softwair website has just moved: All files are now on a SpacePorts.com
server, which is much faster than Fortunecity.de, and !free of ads!. The redirect at
http://airsoft.home.pages.de now directly leads to the new page, with the URL
http://phobos.spaceports.com/~sfa/ (title link). The pages at Fortunecity.de will
be removed in the next days.
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13.Apr.2000
ideaEDGE
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ideaEDGE Ventures
Interesting, interesting! This company will be "Creating a New Generation of
Internet Companies".
What's so interesting about it? The founder's
names:
Jim Collas - Managing Partner, Post-PC Solutions
Rick LeFaivre - Managing Partner, Technology
Dan Pittard - Managing Partner, Business and Finance
Tom Schmidt - Managing Partner, B2B Solutions and Infrastructure
Also interesting is that the index site (title link) pictures the Boing
ball texture in the leftmost picture of the line. This leaves room for
many speculations I don't like participating in, but if Jim Collas supports
AMIGA - in whatever way - I would very much wellcome this :-))). (ps)
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13.Apr.2000
Achim Stegemann in ANF
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Digital Almanac contest
The aothor of Digital Almanac has started a contest. All star watchers with some
imagination and creativity can participate. It is a graphics contest for the nicest
logos and GlowIcons for DA.
Prices are the DA II CD-ROM, a keyfile for DA II (Aminet) or a free update to the
upcoming DA III. Detailed information can be found
here.
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13.Apr.2000
Jens Langner by e-mail
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AmIDE Beta version 0.2b released
The first public beta version of AmIDE has been released. AmIDE is a so-called
"Integrated Development Environment", helping you in maintaining, editing and
compiling your projects. The MUI graphical interface is used for this. In the
current beta, AmIDE supports the SAS/C compiler, but in the final version, other
compilers like Storm-C or vbcc will also be supported.
With AmIDE it is possible to work on several projects simultaneously, and compile
them parallel. AmIDE is written completely object oriented, ensuring a high level
of flexibility and expandability. In the future, more user requests will be
implemented, and more compilers supported.
Wim AmIDE, the author hopes to finally bring a decent developer environment to the
Amiga which can compete with other IDEs like KDevelop for KDE. A direct editor
support for GoldED will also be implemented in the next version. Jens Langner
will probably present AmIDE on the Amiga-Atari show in Neuss, Germany, on June
10th / 11th.
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13.Apr.2000
Andreas Kleinert by e-mail
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akDatatypes for MorphOS
Special versions of the akDatatypes are planned for
MorphOS. From a developer point of view,
MorphOS is an excellent platform for future Amiga PPC applications. Since
registrations have decreased by 80%, but PPC apps make up 90% of all registrations,
focussing completely on MorphOS seems likely - as a last-ditch attempt to give
an impulse to the remaining market.
Added afterwards:
As a small addition to my recent MorphOS statement - which might
have been misleading in that point - I'd like to add the following:
although special akDatatype versions for MorphOS are planned,
already the current PPC datatypes (and most likely all other of my PPC
applications, although not yet tested entirely) will run without
any modifications. The special MorphOS versions just are for
gaining extra speed and dropping old 68k/WOS/PPC ballast overboard.
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13.Apr.2000
Rene König by e-mail
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hardhacks.de
In the meantime, much has changed at AmigaHardHacks! We created a new domain at www.hardhacks.de,
because we will now also support other systems like Linux, Macintosh and Newton. The design was
changed completely to speed up loading.
But there is much to do! So we are looking for people who have the time and motivation to participate
in creating hardhacks.de! If you are interested, send an e-mail to:
rene.koenig@hardhacks.de. We also welcome suggestions
for improvement!
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