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`13.Nov.2002` Grasshopper LLC	DTP: PageStream 4.1 - New help data files For the DTP program PageStream there were new help data files published. Future versions will contain these help files automatically. Download: pgs41help.zip (ps) (Translation: ub) [News message: 13. Nov. 2002, 17:51] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Nov.2002` Grzegorz Kraszewski (ANF)	TTEngine 5.0 released TTEngine is the TrueType font based text rendering engine for AmigaOS. Version 5.0 can be downloaded from the home page of TTEngine. New version has some interesting features. Two new functions: TT_GetPixmap() and TT_FreePixmap() for text pixelmap extraction. Pixelmap is 8 bit per pixel, 256 gray levels. Then the pixmap may be further processed. Useful for e.g. painting and image processing software. Antialiasing is now based on pixel luminance and hue (RGB correction is applied as well). Gives even better text quality especially on contrasting background (e.g. red text on green). New text styles: underline, double underline, overstrike, double overstrike. Fixed bugs in JAM2, INVERSVID and COMPLEMENT draw modes. Colours of text can be now specified directly as RGB via TT_Foreground and TT_Background tags. As always some bugs have been fixed. Check "release_notes" file in the distribution archive for the full list of changes. (ps) [News message: 13. Nov. 2002, 13:12] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Nov.2002` Steffen Häuser (ANF)	Game: New settings for Bots Quake2-Mods It's happend to be that the new "Battle of the Sexes" mod, which is at the Amiga Quake2 site downloadable is incompatible if run with the default settings. At the Amiga Quake2 site I made a new QuakeII.info (Bots.info) downloadable which contains slightly modificated settings and works with Bots also. The not yet released "Blastchamber" mod and several other modules not yet released, might have this problem. So better use the new icon file. With the basic game Quake2 and most other mods the default settings will work as well. Only some mods like Bots were hit by that problem and for these the new file solves the problem. Steffen Häuser Hyperion Entertainment (ps) (Translation: ub) [News message: 13. Nov. 2002, 13:10] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Nov.2002` Grzegorz Kraszewski (ANF)	Matay: Prometheus RTL8029 driver update V1.3 of prm-rtl8029.device (a driver for Ethernet cards) is available for download here. It will also be available soon at Matay website. (ps) [News message: 13. Nov. 2002, 13:02] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Nov.2002` WHDLoad	Installer: WHDLoad - New packets (until 11.11.2002) With WHDLoad you can install games on your hard drive which were originally made only for use with disks. The following packets have been added or updated since our last message: 11.11.02 improved: SAS Combat Simulator (Code Masters) supports another version 11.11.02 improved: Populous 2 (EOA/Bullfrog) more stable, support for EZMouse 11.11.02 improved: Mig-29 Soviet Fighter (Code Masters/Rapier Design) small fixes, supports another version 11.11.02 improved: Midwinter 2 (Maelstrom Games) supports another version 11.11.02 improved: Gobliins 2 (Cocktel Vision) supports another version 11.11.02 improved: Campaign 2 (Empire) supports another version 11.11.02 new: Blazing Thunder (Hi-Tec Software) done by Galahad 07.11.02 improved: SAS Combat Simulator (Code Masters) supports another version 07.11.02 improved: Populous 2 (EOA/Bullfrog) miscellaneous changes 07.11.02 improved: Midwinter 2 (Maelstrom Games) supports German version 07.11.02 improved: Campaign 2 (Empire) supports another version 05.11.02 improved: Monkey Island 2 (Lucasfilms Games) miscellaneous changes (ps) [News message: 12. Nov. 2002, 18:48] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Nov.2002` Digital Almanac Homepage	Astronomy: Modifications in Digital Almanac III Achim Stegemann writes: In order to keep the program slim, I decided to cut off some very old stuff. In this case the support of the graphics format IFF-RGFX will be stopped. IFF-RGFX is an alternative graphic format to IFF-ILBM, which was originaly developed by Andreas Kleinert and carried by me. While IFF-ILBM only archieves a weak image compression, IFF-RGFX offers by the use of the XPK modular compression rates for the encoding. Unfortunately this format was never assumed by the Amigans. I do not know any other program, which supports RGFX except SuperView and Digital Almanac. Therefore I threw it now of the program. RGFX was replaced by the portable PNG format, which is supported already for some time in DA III. Moreover I am developing a new concept for the program documentation. Instead of using connected HTML files as before, which can be read then in an external Browser. From now on a program assistance will appear within DA III. Each window therefore possesses its own description, which in an extra assistance window is displayed. Thus storage space is saved and an update of the documentation is likewise simpler than so far. The release of the new DA III version 4.9 are to be expected in December 2002! (ps) (Translation: sk) [News message: 11. Nov. 2002, 23:43] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Nov.2002` Jan Andersen (E-Mail)	Antivirus software: xvs.library Version 33.39 Georg Hoermann has just released a new update of the xvs.library. Remember this library is very important for all the major antivirus programs, because they all use this library to get recog. for viruses. Here is some info about the new update: Name: External Virus Scanner Library Version: v33.39 Archive name: xvslibrary.lha Archive size: 91.362 bytes (lha packed) Release date: 11 November 2002 Programmer: Georg Hörmann - ghoermann@gmx.de News: xvs.library 33.39 (size: 61.196 bytes) Added size check to bootblock virus recognition in xvsCheckFile(). Any files bigger than 2048 bytes will no longer be tested for bootblock viruses to avoid fake recognitions inside disk-images. Finally fixed the last MuForce hit ($c0.w) in xvsSurveyMemory(). Thanks to Sensei again for the report and Zeeball for further suggestions on this topic. Fixed severe bug in 'Illegal Access' recognition code that caused crashes on any files with virus-like hunklengths. Thanks to Zeeball for the report and the example files. Added 'NoName (196 Bytes)' linkvirus and 'XFD Infiltrator' virus. Thanks to Zeeball for sending them. Fixed problems with native MorphOS applications that directly call xvs.library functions. Thanks to Harry Sintonen for the report and for further help. Implemented custom Disable() function that prevents loss of data on the serial port during xvsSurveyMemory() calls. Thanks to Christian of CAPS (www.caps-project.org) for the report and the excessive beta-testing! xvsSurveyMemory() now closes TCP ports opened by several viruses. These currently are: 1666, 2000, 2001, 2227, 2333, 2421, 2551, 4097 and 9876. Please note that closing an open port doesn't cause a virus report, it just happens! Once again improved the internal security stuff for less timing problems with sensitive software (serial.device still has trouble with 115200 baud on a MC68030, use 8n1.device instead!). Added 'Neurotic Death' viruses (6 versions) to xvsSurveyMemory() and the installer files to xvsCheckFile(). Added new developer files created by Dirk Stöcker. Thanks a lot and sorry that I forgot to add them to the last release. Added installer script written by Dave 'Targhan' Crawford. Thanks a lot for this contribution. (ps) [News message: 11. Nov. 2002, 22:00] [Comments: 1 - 12. Nov. 2002, 14:06] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Nov.2002` AMIGAplus	Emulator: WinUAE v0.8.22r2 announced Amiga plus writes: The Windows based Amiga emulator WinUAE is to appear in the coming week in the version 0.8.22r2. Additional information can be found at the title link. (ps) (Translation: sk) [News message: 11. Nov. 2002, 21:34] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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