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This concerns all P2P clients using the Morpheus protocoll. See also description of Morpheus on the ASP.

This often enables me to deactivate the respective keys, which respond to a certain pattern. So there are faithful users too - who nevertheless stumble upon such things from time to time - and help program authors to embank pirate copying.

I would like to offer the following to those users:

Who will send me keyfiles for my programs (or the respective generators), up to now not recognized as "pirate keys" by those, will receive an original keyfile at a time. In especially fiddly cases I will charge even more. For multi-transmittal applies: "The first to send in, will win".

Naturally data will be kept in confidence and anonymous if desired (the real name is only required for the keyfile).

Older hardware is, of course, still compatible,

Download: MMKeyboard.lha

Yours Olaf Köbnik

Amiga Arena - Interview campaign
It is thanks to Nicolas Ramz with his "ScummVM" Amiga68k port that it is possible to play old games by LucasArts like for example "Day of the Tentacle" on the Amiga. The Amiga Arena talked to Nicolas Ramz about his work on "ScummVM" and how he's seeing the future of Amiga. Special thanks go to Christian Busse for his tireless translations for the Amiga Arena!

Interview in German
Interview in English

Shareware news
After a long time could the Amiga Arena find the developer of the shareware software "ScanTek" and has the following information:

The burner has a buffer of 4 MB and is equipped with the proven BURN-Proof technology that almost completely excludes a burning of defective CDs.

Compared to the version 1.2 nothing important has been changed. Just the code has been revised a little bit and Bernhard Wörner has fixed one or another small bug in the requesters.

In the next version (probably next Saturday) will then the MP3 import be ready. In the current 1.4 beta (unreleased) it works already quite well. This version has just to be tested.

• Added a special mode in the prefs under "Connect" for AmigaXL users to use a timer based signal instead of the socket signal. (not fully tested yet)

• 29.01.02 new: Merv the Merciless (Probe Software) done by Galahad
• 29.01.02 new: World Class Rugby '95 (Audiogenic) done by Codetapper
• 29.01.02 new: World Class Rugby - 5 Nations Edition (Audiogenic) done by Codetapper
• 29.01.02 new: World Class Rugby (Audiogenic) done by Codetapper
• 29.01.02 new: E.T.'s Rugby League (Audiogenic) done by Codetapper
• 29.01.02 improved: Rampage (Activision) minor update
• 29.01.02 new: FIFA Soccer (Electronic Arts) done by JOTD
• 29.01.02 improved: D/Generation (Mindscape) support for AGA version added, misc changes to OCS version

• added ToolType 'IgnoreSnoopDos' - currently this is the only patcher I have decided to include since in future I want to use heuristics to analyse ANY patches...
• added 'WatchDog' position in WB/Tools menu. After watching this requester memory test is performed too...
• added new memory installation and new timing routines... a. read: memory deprotection of WatchDog together with xvs should be more difficult for virus now... b. time between memory checks is adjusted using AI features and varies somewhere between 5 and 10 seconds (depending on system and user activity)... c. fixed little bit my unfreezing toy...
• added few more vital Exec vectors to memcheck...
• added checker for some important dos vectors (with $4ef9 opcode generic restorer)
• added some debug tooltypes - no need to mention them here...
• added S:startup-sequence and S:user-startup notification so that any change (or deletion) of these important files is reported to the user. If You don't know what that notification is You'd better believe me that it slows no machine and causes no accesses to the watched files...
• added ToolType 'NoNotify' to switch off ability mentioned above :)

• Modulation on 0 dB
• Removing of empty space at beginning and end
• Removing of specific time ranges at beginning and end
• Mixing left and right channel together
• Fade in and out
• Inserting of breaks at beginning and end
• Removing of knacking at beginning and end

http://www.totalamiga.org

• 23.01.02 new: Pirates! (Gold) CD³² (Microprose) done by JOTD
• 23.01.02 new: The Teller (UBI-Soft) done by CFOU!
• 23.01.02 improved: Dragonflight (Thalion) supports another version
• 22.01.02 improved: Ghost Busters 2 (Activision) supports another version
• 21.01.02 fixed: Aufschwung Ost (Sunflowers) new imager and install script

• have fun?
• meet with likeminded?
• be creative?
• let them all see?
• the ultimate challenge?
• be the BEST?

• ACTION_EXAMINE_ALL_END added.
• ACTION_RENAME_DISK didn't check for empty or invalid name.

The 2002 autumn will be the birth of the great SIIA (International Alternative Computer Exposition in French) in the little town of Sainte Marie de Redon (South of Britanny) near Nantes and Rennes. This expo would like to be THE best expo in the world of alternative computing !

Fixed:

• Umlauts now correct.
• Crash in the depot stock window, if stock = 0.
• Changing fonts caused crash.
• Some more little things.

• 20.01.02 new: Magicland Dizzy (Codemasters) done by Abaddon
• 20.01.02 new: Harlequin (Gremlin) done by Abaddon
• 20.01.02 improved: D/Generation (Mindscape) supports CD³² version too
• 20.01.02 fixed: Car Vup (Core Design) misc changes

• MPEG1/2 Video with sound (optional)
• MP2/MP3 audiostreams
• AC3 Streams
• (S)VCD, CD-i and DVD

• 17.01.02 improved: Midnight Resistance (Ocean) supports another version, new imager
• 17.01.02 improved: Double Dragon 2 - The Revenge (Virgin) supports another version
• 17.01.02 improved: Car Vup (Core Design) misc changes
• 17.01.02 new: Aufschwung Ost (Sunflowers) done by Bored Seal

• MPEG1/2 Video with sound (optional)
• MP2/MP3 audiostreams
• AC3 Streams
• (S)VCD, CD-i and DVD

On Monday, 21st January 2002, you can chat with Salvador Fernandez Gomez of bplan at the IRC Amiga channel #AmigaFun. He is known as one of the minds of bplan, well known with Pegasos. In the near future Pegasos will be released. You can ask him about bplan, Pegasos, and maybe some questions about MorphOS. The chat is organised with the help of Amiga Future.

You can reach the IRC channel #Amigafun this way:

IRC Server (without "irc."): rollingrock.altnet.org
IRC Port: 6667
IRC Kanal: #amigafun

If the server malfunctions you can get access via this server: amigafun.ma.cx (without "irc.")

TIP:

You can reach the chat also via the #AmigaFun Homepage, Amiga Future Homepage and from the Amiga-News.de Forum as HTML chat.

But we cannot guarantee that this HTML chat will function perfectly and programs like AMIRC and BlackIRC are more comfortable so we recommend to use an IRC client.

• 14.01.02 improved: Ruff'n'Tumble (Renegade) misc changes
• 14.01.02 new: Kick Off (ANCO) done by Psygore
• 14.01.02 new: Base Jumpers CD³² (Rasputin) done by JOTD
• 13.01.02 improved: Transartica (Silmarils) supports another version
• 13.01.02 new: Death Mask (Alternative) done by Abaddon
• 13.01.02 new: D/Generation (Mindscape) done by JOTD

• 'news.freenet.de' Port 119
• 'infosun2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de' Port 119

• You can now also talk to the characters even when you can't run to them all the way (because of the run card). However, it's still not possible to give them anything (that is to say "WennBenutzt" works but "WennBenutzt-Mit" doesn't work!).
• The destination of the run towards the characters is now better calculated. So far it has only been possible to run either on the left-hand or right-hand side (only provisional).
• Small mistakes have been removed: If animated characters appeared for example only from the left-hand side and if they bent forward, it was impossible to find a suitable representation.
• Inga-pictogram information now enables the features "NOSOUND" and "NOPLAYER" as a substitute for "DISABLE" at the plug-ins. You can find further information in the game instructions.
• The speed of the characters can now be changed. (Consult the compendium under "Laufschnelligkeit" (speed)).

• updated VLF plugin
• updated ICQ plugin
• updated GoldenTelecom plugin
• added Vizzavi plugin
• added MTNSMS plugin
• added folder filters (only for registered users)

Spiegel: »Now he's gone. Up and away. Like Graf Zahl from the Sesame Street with sensation, fireworks and much artificial fog. The most shimmering person of the New Economy has left the German Republic. «
Full article see title link.

• Amiga
• Atari ST
• Commodore C64 (or VC20, C128 etc.)
• Macintosh (or other Apple computers)
• PC
• none of the above mentioned

You can for example do the following things:

• set recording level to 0dB
• fade in and out
• cut off silence at beginning or end

• Server: ie.altnet.org
• Kanal: #digiboosterpro
• Port: 6667

• 09.01.02 new: War In Middle Earth (Melbourne House/Synergistic) done by CFOU!
• 09.01.02 new: Robin Hood: Legend Quest (Codemasters) done by Bored Seal
• 09.01.02 new: Kwik Snax (Codemasters) done by Bored Seal
• 09.01.02 new: Kwasimodo (Courbois Software) done by CFOU!
• 09.01.02 improved: Invest (Starbyte) supports another version
• 09.01.02 new: Fantastic Dizzy (Codemasters/Purple Haze) done by Bored Seal & Abaddon
• 09.01.02 new: Carnage (Zeppelin Games/Warped Minds) done by Bored Seal
• 08.01.02 new: Transartica (Silmarils) done by CFOU!
• 08.01.02 new: Conan the Cimmerian (Synergistic/Virgin) done by CFOU!
• 08.01.02 new: Bobo (Infogrames) done by CFOU! (Info)
• 07.01.02 new: Wacky Races (PAL Developments/Hi-Tec) done by Codetapper
• 06.01.02 new: Yogi Bear and Friends in The Greed Monster (Hi-Tec) done by Codetapper
• 06.01.02 improved: Pinball Dreams (Digital Illusions) supports two more versions
• 06.01.02 fixed: Horror Zombies from the Crypt access fault removed
• 06.01.02 new: Double Dragon 2 - The Revenge (Virgin) done by Galahad

- Voodoo.card ver. 2.11

• At the download area you can find an Euro calculator and the gag program Speaker.
• The dynAMIte.styles Alienoid and PacMan are updated.

• test report about the new version 6 of the route planner AmiATLAS
• test of the »Earth 2140 Mission Pack«
• review of the facturing software MT-Rechnung III
• background article about memory protection and virtual memory
• second part of the C++ workshop