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Archive 08/2003

`23.Aug.2003` Olaf Köbnik (ANF)	Amiga Arena: interview with the "SongPlayer" team Vor wenigen Wochensome weeks ago have Nicolas Det and Mathias Parnaudeau released a new and reworked version of the known music player "SongPlayer". Originally developed since 1994 by Stéphane Tavenard had the last version been released in 1999. Olaf Köbnik talked to the two developers how it came to the rerelease and what the future holds for "SongPlayer". The interview is for the time being only in English available on the website of the Amiga Arena under the title link. (nba) (Translation: wk) [News message: 23. Aug. 2003, 16:32] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`23.Aug.2003` Achim Stegemann (ANF)	Digital Almanac homepage moves The homepage of the astrononomy software "Digital Almanac" has moved to a new server with an own domain. The new address is http://www.digitalalmanac.de. One result of the move will be an update of the pages, especially the English ones, so that they match the new version DA3 v5.4. Furthermore should there be no more download cancellations. The update o DA3 v5.4 will be released at the beginning of next week. The changes: BUGFIX: City list has been rewritten. The list contains all countries of the world with their flags (optional). The format of the list has changed, so the list is now independend from the Locale settings. The moving of cities was very buggy before. Now it works without any problems. BUGFIX: In the calendar, meteor showers were shown at a wrong date. BUGFIX: In previous versions, when the program was started from a Shell, the DOS parameters were analyzes wrong. This bug is now fixed. BUGFIX: Program could crash when drawing too many Deep-Sky objects (PPC only). NEW: Online information of the countries are available from the CIA World Factbook. NEW: Improved ephemeris of the Saturnian satellites Helene, Telesto and Calypso with the help of the HTC20 theory. NEW: Online informationen about the planets and satellites of the solar system can now additionally be accessed from the planet filter in the preferences window. NEW: IFF-ILBM savings are done via Datatypes. This saves about 10 kB code and is more system-friendly. (nba) (Translation: wk) [News message: 23. Aug. 2003, 12:13] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`23.Aug.2003` Dirk Martin (ANF)	Amiga Zentrum Thüringen homepage with new MorphOS screenshot area The Amiga Zentrum Thüringen e.V. has opened on its homepage a new area with MorphOS screenshots. If you want to get an impression of the Pegasos operating system you should visit this site. (nba) (Translation: wk) [News message: 23. Aug. 2003, 12:09] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`22.Aug.2003` Søren Ladegaard (ANF)	Acid64 Player supports SID-chip on Catweasel MK3 PCI/Flipper All Amiga/PC/Mac users that have the Catweasel MK3 card, can now enjoy the genuine sound of the SID chip using the new Acid64 player, that supports the SID on the Catweasel MK3 card. Get the player at www.acid64.com. (nba) [News message: 22. Aug. 2003, 15:10] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`21.Aug.2003` Amiga Inc. (Website)	Amiga Inc.: Legal Settlement Not Reached with Genesi In an official statement on the website of Amiga Inc. CEO Bill McEwen has taken a position on the recent speculation about a port of AmigaDE to the Pegasos and the legal battle between Genesi and Amiga Inc. According to McEwen the legal proceedings between Amiga Inc. and Genesi S.à.r.l. have not been ended, in contrast to other claims. According to his current stance, the proceedings go forward and Amiga Inc. has not lost the case. A port of AmigaDE for the Pegasos is not planned. The information spread by Genesi is supposedly false and misleading. According to the end user licence, Amiga OS may only be used on machines certified by Amiga Inc. Read the English language statement of Bill McEwen under the title link. (nba) (Translation: dm) [News message: 21. Aug. 2003, 18:08] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`21.Aug.2003` Christian Geier (ANF)	Update of www.amiga-linux.de.vu The website www.amiga-linux.de.vu has been updated. An image installer with Mandrake 9.1 PPC for the Pegasos has been added. The new site is still being worked on. The webmasters are open to suggestions about the layout. Right now a new image installer is being worked on. (nba) (Translation: dm) [News message: 21. Aug. 2003, 13:54] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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