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14.Jun.2002
Vinnny (E-Mail)


Audio Player: AmigaAMP Final-Version 2.9
After Thomas Wenzel got his PPC running again, he compiled the final version (2.9) of AmigaAMP and offered it as freeware. Why? He doesn't have a lot of time to develop it more, and at any rate doesn't have time to support it. Bug reports und suggestions may be emailed but chances are they won't be answered..

Further Mr. Wenzel is making it known that the old mailing list (the one on MajorDomo) is being deactivated so no spam will be emailed through it. In the place of the mailing list a web-based forum will be opened, in a short while.

AmigaAMP is an audio player with a graphic user-interface. The mpega.library is used to decode on the 68K processors. The PPC version uses the AMP decoder. Furthermore the sndfile.library allows the playing of AIFF, WAV und 8SVX files. Sound is output successfully over the AHI Audio System.

Requirements:
  • AmigaOS 3.0 or higher
  • 68030-50MHz Processor or better
  • mpega.library (Aminet:util/libs/mpega_library.lha)
  • asyncio.library (Aminet:dev/c/AsyncIO.lha)
  • AHI audio system (Aminet:mus/misc/ahiusr.lha)

Download: AmigaAMP29.lha (545 KB) (ps) (Translation: dm)

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14.Jun.2002
David Brunet (E-Mail)


E-Zine: Obligement 33 is now out
Issue 33 of the famous French e-zine is now available. You can read in this issue: latest Amiga news, interviews of Paul Strejcek, Fleecy Moss and Stéphane Georget, a report of AmigaFun 2002, reviews of AMP 2.04 and Glow Icon Collection 2, articles about Emulation and AmigaDE, and a lot more! Download it from the website: http://obligement.free.fr. (ps)

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14.Jun.2002



amiga-news.de: IP-address has been changed
We have got a new IP-address. It may take 24 hours until all Domain Name Servers (DNS) will know the new address. Because of that this site may be temporarily not accessed. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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14.Jun.2002
Michael Böhmer (ANF)


USB: HIGHWAY + DraCo
The HIGHWAY USB-controller has been successfully tested with a DraCo. Unfortunately it took much more time to find a test device in the area of Munich. The list of the supported USB-devices has been also updated because of the many reports of our users. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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14.Jun.2002
Maik Schultheis (ANF)


AmiGate with new design
Amigate now with improved design. Because of that the use is much more simple and flexible.

Now there is the opportunity to become member of the "Club Amigate" and thus to profit of diverse actions. Send a mail to: Club@amigate.de which contain your name and with the topic: "Member Club Amigate" if you want to be booked as a member. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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14.Jun.2002
Chaos Update (CCC-ML)


CCC: Establishment of the European Digital Rights (EDRI)
Chaos Computer Club Press release 13th June 2002

European Digital Rights:

An international civil organisation for the Internet

European Digital Rights (EDRi) which is an international civil organisation for the Internet has been etablished on 8th June 2002 in Berlin. Ten organisations from seven countries from the European Union have bundled their forces to defend the human rights in Europe in the digital era of the information and communication technology. The residence of EDRi will be Brussels.

These are the foundation members: Bits of Freedom (Netherlands), Chaos Computer Club (CCC, Germany), Digital Rights (Denmark), Electronic Frontier Finland (EFFi, Finnland), Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR, United Kingdom), Förderverein Informationstechnik und Gesellschaft (FITUG, Germany), Imaginons un réseau Internet solidaire (IRIS, France), Privacy International (United Kingdom), Quintessenz (Austria) und Verein für Internet- Benutzer (VIBE!AT, Austria).

European Digital Rights (EDRi) : http://www.edri.org (ps) (Translation: dr)

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13.Jun.2002
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)


Bill Buck und Raquel Velasco Comment on Pegasos, MorphOS, AmigaOS4
A few days ago Thendic-France (the distributor of Pegasos) issued a press release on ANN. A wideranging discussion on the theme of Pegasos followed, in which Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco (of Thendic) regularly took part. See also News message and comments on amiga-news.de from 6th June, 2002.

Martin Heine brought together the majority of the relevant comments from Bill und Raquel on morphos-news.de and we present them here in a minorly edited version.

Pegasos Production (Dates, Distribution), MorphOS

1) PRODUCTION RUN: "The next scheduled production run is for 50 boards. In July we will produce up to 500. This is what we have ordered/budgeted for components. The final amount will depend on demand and if all our component orders can be fulfilled. To date complete machines have been configured for the bplan/MorphOS/Thendic development team. We have also configured a small number of machines for a special shipment to an *outside* development group in the US. These computers were shipped prior to 1 June." "You can probably buy a Pegasos in August and maybe in July if you are lucky. In this case, you would have to contact TerraSoft Solutions (www.yellowdoglinux.com)."

"What we are selling *commercially* is the mainboard with the IBM G3 PPC indicated on our websites. This mainboard will be configured by resellers and packaged by them to meet the demands of their customers. At this point, neither Thendic nor bplan will configure complete machines for commercial release. For customers, the latest version of MorphOS will be available online as it is today and it will work on the machine. Of course, the MorphOS team will continue to enhance the features and flexibility of the OS and there will be new releases. We hope this will process will continue in the normal course of business for some time. Yellow Dog Linux can also be installed on the Pegasos, as well as other Linux PPC based operating systems -- they work too."

"for the record we want to repeat that MorphOS is and will be updated online. Ralph and the MorphOS team will release new versions and upgrades as they have. This will continue. There will be something there *on the net* when it is time for customers who purchase a desktop machine with "Pegasos inside"."

"The bplan team will use the production facilities of DCE and will produce the boards and operate the fabrication machines themselves." "We are working with DCE because we can do that there as if it was our own shop. Forget all the other BS. There is no conspiracy against anything...has anyone noticed that the official bplan/MorphOS team has been absent from all these discussions for months? That is because they are hard at work and they know what they have to do. They are working with a great deal of confidence and they should be! The Pegasos and MorphOS are both great products. Is DCE involved in those activities...no. When we are ready to make a board we go to DCE and bring everything we need with us. That is it..." "All the Pegasos machines we have shipped and the mainboards we will ship this week have Northbridges. I ask you how anyone would know this [that there were no northbridges available]? Did Mai tell him? I think not as we speak to them nearly three or four times a week."

2) PROCESSOR BOARDS: "We have the Motorola XPC7455RX1000SC and the XPC7445RX867LC now and are in the process of achieving PCB verification. Motorola is also assisting us in getting samples of the XPC7455RX867P. We have others and have tested them. We are working on it. Gerald and Thomas are very good, but there are many other things to do now too. Power consumption is our primary focus. All the machines are FAST." "Yes, those Motorola processors we referenced were G4s."

3) AmigaOS 4: "What we think of OS4 is irrelevant and has nothing to do with our business. We sell the Pegasos mainboard." "We do not need anything from Amiga Inc. The version of MorphOS that runs natively on a PPC does not need Amiga OS anything..." "It is true we have moved away from Amiga Inc. and we do not have the same level of interest in cooperating with them today as we did before. Time marches on and we simply don't want to waste any more effort." "We sell the Pegasos mainboard. Please speak to your preferred reseller about how you want this to be configured and then buy one from him. You want to load OS4 you are now free to figure out how to do this. That is up to you -- not us!" "The most important thing is this: we are not interested in doing anything to get OS4 running on the Pegasos. Someone else is welcome to and we will support them. The main reason is because we will not devote the resources or time to become "amiga" approved." "The Pegasos mainboard can be configured by resllers and if they are able to get Amiga "approval" then great!"

"No resellers have approached us with regard to the Amiga Inc. licensing issue, but all of the well know resellers have contacted us about getting product. The requirements are a ten board minimum purchase. For pricing you have to send us an email...:) "

4) PEGASOS MARKET / ECLIPSIS: "Again, the Pegasos is a DEVELOPMENT MACHINE for the eclipsis." "In the meanwhile, what is the market for the Pegasos (while the eclipsis is in development)? Probably: a) Linux users, b) embedded system developers, c) application developers that want to do rendering on stacked boards with dual processors or build something very special that has a huge amount of processing power... " "Will "Amiga" be a big market for us? We do not think so. First, because we are not an official Amiga piece of hardware, and secondly because we are using MorphOS. The two just don't go together."

"I did not mean to give you the impression we were not interested in the "Amiga market." I think you know our history with the (platform). We will be very happy -- all of us -- if you can buy the Pegasos as a "ready fitted desktop machine." [...] But, we all have to admit that the "Amiga market" has atrophied a bit. This will not be the *big* market for the Pegasos -- just realistically speaking. The Pegasos will create its own demand." "We never said the trademark [Amiga] was worthless! In Germany it is quite good. UK too. France, Italy, Spain, it is not quite as good, but it is still OK. But, it is not for us...maybe something else. The problem *for us* is what is it now? Is it something from before? Is it something for the future? What is it today? It is all to confusing. The biggest challenge the eclipsis will face is a marketing one. What is it? Its everything! That sounds way too positive. The marketing approach needs to be built around simple concepts. "It has to do what people do already just more easily and anywhere." This is a huge challenge. There is too much baggage in the "Amiga" name for this -- FOR US. The Pegasos is a piece of hardware and this we are convinced will stand on its own. It does not need the association. We build toward the eclipsis with the success of the Pegasos. That is phase one. MorphOS will ride the wave...:) These are our ambitions."

The key is to be unique as a package. Linux is what has created the big opportunity for the Pegasos. Hopefully, "amiga" can contribute to this success too. But, the next step is a combination of hardware and an OS that is dedicated and ready to do something new." "The Pegasos is a great desktop machine. We are going to sell plenty of them. But again, ultimately the idea is that you have something small and modular. This is the "mini-pegasos" or what we call today the eclipsis. The eclipsis is mobile and described on www.thendic-france.com. There is a docking station and here what is too cumbersome or power-demanding remains plugged into the wall (and connected by wire to the internet). Remember the duo dock from Apple? That is the basic idea. Of course, when the main board can be that small you could make a laptop, etc. All the features you referenced are planned."

"Well, we really do not feel like rebels, more like veterans. There are other similar products coming about the same time. The Oqo and Tiqit 83 are also mini-computers and have compatible interfaces for standard computer peripherals. Both are Windows platforms. Then, you have the Nokia 9290 and the Treo 270 which are more phones than computers, but clearly things are moving in that direction. The Nokia uses SymbianOS and supports JAVA. The Treo is kind of neat, but not as capable as the high end Nokia (PalmOS). The prices are high. The Oqo is targeted at $1000, the Tiqit at "laptop prices" and the Nokia and Treo at $599 and $699 *without* concessions from the mobile operator. There in the UK you can get one at Dixon's with a year long service agreement for significantly less. In any case, we think we can beat these prices without too much effort. The issue will be performance vs. power requirements and feature set.

We think with the efficiencies of MorphOS (with the JVM Allan Havemose is developing) and all the money and research being poured into low-power PPC processors (by two very large companies who are interested in the Pegasos) that we will be in the right place at the right time. Our "development platform" is ready and it will be stable well before the first "mini-pegasos" is released. This creates some big advantages for us and will we need them. We do not have any illusions about what a challenge this will be. We will seek strategic partnerships. The wireless operators in Europe are the ultimate target." "We are managing the distribution process. bplan has more important things to do now!" (ps) (Translation: dm)

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13.Jun.2002
GFX-BASE


GFX-BASE: Interview with Emanuele Cesaroni in German
GFX-BASE has translated their April 2002 interview with Emanuele Cesaroni (originally in English) into German. You'll find this under the title link.

Emanuele Cesaroni of Nexus Development, the programmer of the game PuzzleBOBs, is now working on a new game called PDAng that should come out for AmigaOS and AmigaDE.

The game looks to be quite promising and a lot of fun. GFX-BASE was nosey, and asked Emanuele about PDAng and its features, hardware requirements, and future plans. They got an exclusive and new screenshots of the game. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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13.Jun.2002
Peter Hutchison


Printer: New Driver for HP Deskjet 600C/400C
Peter Hutchison has produced an updated version of his HP Deskjet 600C/400C printer driver. Changes: speed and compression.

Print systems like TurboPrint or Print Studio should not be combined with this driver. There are binaries for 68000, 68020 and 68040 in the archives. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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13.Jun.2002
Oliver Roberts


Modem: SoloControl Version 1.1
Oliver Roberts, who is know for his Warp-datatypes, has come up with a modem control program called ´SoloControl.´ It's for the Pace 56 Solo modem. The current version (1.1) requires an Amiga with a 68020 processor or better, and at least Kickstart 2.04.

Download: SoloControl.lha (21 KB)

Here are a few of the features:
  • Modify the Solo's clock
  • Turn call monitoring on/off
  • Switch answerphone on/off
  • Set number of rings before answerphone answers
  • Set number of rings before the Solo automatically switches the answerphone on (should it be switched off)
  • Toggle power saving mode on/off
  • Display detailed statistics on your last modem connection
  • Display all the calls in the CallerID log
  • Erase the calls in the CallerID log

Amongst other things, this makes it easily possible to keep logs of your connection statistics, and to keep your Solo's clock in synchronisation with your Amiga's system clock. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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13.Jun.2002
Dietmar Knoll (ANF)


AmigaOS XL: Experiences with the H&P Big Tower 1800+ (Version 1.23)
In my report, I describe the experiences I have made with the Big-Tower. Version 1.23 of the report contains several additions in the chapters "Introduction", "Harddisk", "Amithlon", "AmigaXL" and "QNX". Also, the chapters have been sorted again, so that the "Software" chapter is again at the end.

Note: Amiga-Voyager shows only ads instead of the pictures. Therefore, I still recommend to use AWeb or disable background images in Amiga-Voyager. A move to a better server is also planned. (ps)

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13.Jun.2002
Carsten Schröder (ANF)


AMIGA Aktuell 06/2002 has Appeared
The June edition of Amiga Aktuell is out and may also be read on our website in HTML or even downloaded in AmigaGuide format.

Attention: To ensure the future existence of the magazine, we *urgently* need more honorary contributors in every subject, but especially interviewers, authors of background articles with respect to current reports, and a "Newsmaster." Without this help we can't guarantee we'll be able to produce Amiga Aktuell for much longer. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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13.Jun.2002
Mariusz Wloczysiak (E-Mail)


Elbox: MIRAGE for A3000D Available after 21st June, 2002
If your current Amiga 3000D is left in the desktop case, Mirage 3000 is the must-have solution for you. Mirage 3000 is a modern, functional and spacious tower case. It is designed for those Amiga 3000D users who have upgraded or want to upgrade their computers with the Mediator PCI 3000D busboard.

Mirage 3000 equipped with a powerful 300W PSU is prepared for massive expandability of the A3000 hardware.

Be ready for the future!
Along with the new operational system, AmigaOS4, and SharkPPC G3/G4-series cards for the Mediator PCI 3000D busboard, your Amiga 3000D Mirage will be one of the most efficient Amiga computers of the new generation.

Mirage 3000 Tower SRP - Availability: from 21 June 2002

For more information and price see: Mirage 3000 webpage. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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12.Jun.2002
Markus Nerding (ANF)


AmigaOS 3.9 Update
The ATO coordinator Söenke Tesch has just dilivered some new data. New are a Greek locale, the Finish locale (Suomi) has been reworked. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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12.Jun.2002
Markus Nerding (ANF)


Haage & Partner: Summerfresh Offers
Summer is near and so is the time of our super summer offers. Not only the newest version of the DTP classic Pagestream 4.1 is available for a summer price (Amiga, Windows, Mac) but also we offer the professional graphics processor ImageFX 4.5 including a German handbook and the AmigaOS 3.9 book (2nd edition) for special prices (also available bundled with OS 3.9). (tranlators note: English versions of the books aren't mentioned in the original message)

At least the bang - who does'nt catch one now will have it already: Arteffect 4 together with the AE collection for a super discount price.

The prices of these offers you will find with the title link. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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12.Jun.2002
Sanjay Menon auf AMIOPEN-ML


Gary Peake after heart attack on the way of recovery
Sanjay Menon sanjay@amiga.com via email:
Subject: AMIOPEN: Gary hospitalized

Gary suffered a heart attack over the weekend but is now back at home and on the way to a full recovery. He is following doctors orders to get plenty of rest and stay away from email.

He has asked me to thank you for keeping him in your thoughts and for your best wishes. He hopes to be back on email towards the end of the week.

Sanjay (ps) (Translation: ub)

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12.Jun.2002
Thorsten Schölzel (ANF)


morphos-news.de under new direction
Thorsten Schölzel retracts his work from morphos-news.de. He handed the direction over to David Scheibler and Jürgen Lukas who both will continue to provide you news about the alternative PPC OS "MorphOS" and the PowerPC computer "Pegasos".

Thorsten Schölzel: "With my recession my email address "ts@morphos-news.de" will not be valid any longer, please direct personal emails to Thorty@Thorty-online.de. I want to take this opportunity to thank all those people who gave help and support, especially the editoral staff!" (ps) (Translation: ub)

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12.Jun.2002
Linux/APUS bei Souceforge


Linux/APUS: New FAQ added
A short-term FAQ has been added. This will give info to people until the fancier autoFAQ can be restored. All entries will be archived for future usage (unlike before when they all got lost). (ps) (Translation: ub)

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12.Jun.2002



CDTV- und CD32 Websites with a new layout
Two English homepages about the CDTV and CD32 have changed their layout: The Amiga CDTV has been released as a multimedia device (CD-Player and Video Disc Player) in 1990. In autumn 1993 it has been replaced by the Amiga CD32, which is a video game console. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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12.Jun.2002
Martin Kuchinka


Programming language: New MMU module for PowerD
As reported version 0.19 alpha 6 of the programming language PowerD by Martin Kuchinka has been releaed in middle April. On the 10th of June 2002 a MMU module has been added. Further information are available via the title link.

Download: mmu.lzx - mmu_list.txt (ps) (Translation: ub)

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12.Jun.2002
Amiga Community (SixK)


SDL game: Crimson Fields 0.2.4
SixK has released the next port based on SDL at his new website `Amiga Community'. This is the game Crimson Fields which is available in version 0.2.4. The game is a Battle Isle clone, which runs, exept a problem with some colours, with Amithlon.

The SDL library allows platform independent programing and ports of games and other multimedia products. (ps)

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12.Jun.2002
EvenMore


Textviewer: EvenMore version 0.60 from June the 11th 2002
The freeware textviewer 'EvenMore' from Chris Perver is ready for download in version 0.60. Changes since version 0.60 from June the 5th 2002 (Chris Perver changes the version number only with major updates):
  • Created a very basic work in progress IXML plugin (See Ix-Guide, www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/hudson/187.
  • Amended EvenMore's escape code interpreter. Not sure if these codes are in use already, if they are, someone let me know. I have 2 new codes, *e[50;0;0;0m and *e[51;0;0;0m. Both take 3 arguments after them to allocate a pen for text (R,G,B). 50 changes the Pen colour, and 51 will change the background colour, thus giving you multicoloured text.
  • Rewrote RTF plugin from the ground up with full colour support.
Download: EvenMore.lha (800 KB) (ps) (Translation: ub)

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12.Jun.2002
osOpinion


osOpinion: Amiga, Inc: Close That Open Hardware!
»Nowadays, Amiga is a software-only company developing the "Amiga Digital Environment," which is supposed to run applications written in "VP code" on everything from toasters to PDAs. The AmigaOS is being updated, though, and the first new version (4.0) will be a PowerPC OS, based on OS 3.x for the old 68k Amigas.«
Complete article see title link. (ps)

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12.Jun.2002
DCR8520 Amigaports


DCR8520: bibcursed v2.0.0 - Anubis v3.0.2 - barkix v1.0.2
Spaniard Diego CR 'dcr8520' has updated his Web site at SourceForge with many of his Amiga ports. You will find there lots of small tools which alleviate the daily handling of many applications.

Updates:
  • bibcursed v2.0.0 - Editor for BibTeX
  • Anubis v3.0.2 - Mailprogram
  • barkix v1.0.2 - Barcode generator for PCL without the need for font cartridges
(ps)

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11.Jun.2002
Mario Börner (ANF)


Falke34: Homepage online again and Bekuna Version 1.9R4
Aftr some query with the provider is the homepage of Falke34 online again. In the meantime there were several updates on this site, e.g. the informations on the game Tales Of Tamar (site partly under construction)are updated.

Also an update for the greetings program ´Bekuna´ Version 1.9R4 from Kuno Naumann is available for download. The program has many features like greting depending on daytime, display of date, time, summertime, moonphase and sign, and reminder of birthdays and events.

Download: BekunaUpd.lha (ps) (Translation: gf)

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11.Jun.2002
Autor: Mirko Naumann


Hardware: Serial ATA (SATA) - The new port for hard drives
On the website of Acard, the manufacturer of the IDE-to-SCSI adaptor, you can see that these people are still busy and have released new adaptors. Now they support transfer rates up to 160 MB/sec (LVD-SCSI).

The new port is one of the climaxes of the Computex. More and more manufacturers of mainboards, controllers, and hard drives have products with the successor of IDE and E-IDE (up to UDMA-133) in the program. Serial ATA should replace the parallel ATA complete until February 2003.

The advantage of SATA is the easier and more stable connecting. Timing problems are history. Also the new cables with 4 to 8 poles ease the circulation of air inside the tower because they are not blocking the stream.

SATA uses up to 4 direct point-to-point connections between controller and one device per connection. This doubles the maximum of possible devices. Problems with jumpers and bus-termination are no longer expected, because every wire is terminated at both ends in the chip. A defective device will not effect the others.

SATA is designed for using period of 10 years with two duplications of performance up to 600 MB/sec. At start a transfer rate of 150 MB/sec is supported, slighlty less than LVD-SCSI with 160 MB/sec. Some of the other features are the break through of the 137 GB limit of harddrives, "hot-plug"-abilities, and 1st-Party-DMA.

The first devices will maybe available in third quarter 2002, but some manufacturers of mainboards have started to implement it into their chipsets.

Amiga users can use the new harddrives with an adaptor on normal ATA ports (from UDMA-33) or (maybe the better solution) with bridge adaptors on SCSI. A question about that is send to ACARD, but still on the way. The answer will be presented here. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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10.Jun.2002
WHDLoad


Installer: WHDLoad - New packets (until 11.06.2002) (Update)
With WHDLoad you can install games you only can play on disks on your harddisk. The following games are added or updated:
  • 11.06.02 new: M1 Tank Platoon (Microprose) done by JOTD
  • 11.06.02 new: Killerball (Microids) done by JOTD
  • 11.06.02 new: Guy Spy (Ready Soft) done by JOTD
  • 11.06.02 improved: Road Wars (Arcadia Systems) supports another version, new icons
  • 10.06.02 new: Dream Web (Empire Software) done by Dr.Zarkov
  • 10.06.02 new: Invasion (Sector Software) done by Codetapper
  • 10.06.02 improved: Deuteros (Ian Bird) supports another version
  • 10.06.02 new: Blasteroids (Tengen/Image Works) done by Psygore
  • 10.06.02 improved: Super Cars (Gremlin) now compatible with emulators, manual included
  • 05.06.02 improved: Battle Isle (Blue Byte) minor changes
(ps)

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10.Jun.2002
Bernd Rösch (ANF)


AmiBlitz V2.26 new distribution with extended documentation (Update)
A new distribution of AmiBlitz 2.26 is now available. This new distribution includes an extended documentation, many libs are now described in the online guide and the different syntaxmodes are now described.

editors note:
We are not able to say something about the differences between the above version and the one reported by Amiforce on 08.06.2002. If you anything about it feel free to tell us.

Update 12.06.2002:
David McMinn explained us the difference:

I saw your note on the AmigaNews site, that you could not see the difference between the different AmiBlitz distributions, so I thought I would clarify.

First of all, Bernd Roesch has updated the editor and compiler greatly, and convinced Acid software to release Blitz Basic 2 for free, under the name AmiBlitz2. However, Bernd did not provide a ready-made package for users to download and use, only updates.

I decided to create an user distribution which would provide everything a person needs to start programming in AmiBlitz as I have been maintaining the Blitz2000 site for a few years. Of course, since AmiBlitz is free, anyone can do this if they choose, such as CJ Stroker has done on the AmiForce site.

The differences between the distributions on the Blitz2000 and AmiForce sites are that they have different contents and are aimed at different people. For example, the distribution provided by AmiForce does not seem to have the acidlibs and deflibs files, so you already need a working installation of AmiBlitz to use it (they might have it in other archives on the site though, I have not looked through all of them). The AmiForce site is also more useful for German speaking programmers, as a lot/most of the documentation they have is available in German (for example, the AmiBlitz manuals). The distributions on the Blitz2000 site are available in different sizes and have all the documents for the libraries included in the archive, as well as useful tools and the library files mentioned above.

The only thing which would be nice to keep the same between all distributions is the default set of libraries that are provided. Bernd suggested this as it makes everything easier from the viewpoint of everyone has the same libraries to start off with.

Sorry for the long mail, but I hope this clears the situation up :)

http://www.david-mcminn.co.uk
http://www.blitz-2000.co.uk (ps) (Translation: sk)

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10.Jun.2002
bruZard's blitzbasic


Programing: BlitzBasic - BSP2B3D Converter Version 0.3 (Update)
Jens 'bruZard' Henschel wrotes:
Due to the fact that there seems to be some interest in BSP2B3D I uploaded the current version today. There are no changes since the last release but it should be enough for most of the users. This is the Windows version of the program.

bsp2b3d.zip (ca. 1 MB) (ps) (Translation: sk)

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10.Jun.2002
amiga.org


amiga.org: Interview with Olaf Barthel by Pods
Amiga.org (title link) released a substantial interview with Olaf Barthel. The interview was made by Pods. Olaf Barthel is involved in the development of AmigaOS since 1995 and gives his view on the new AmigaOS 4.

At the end of the interview Olaf Barthel answers questions of users of amiga.org. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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10.Jun.2002
Mr.Vain (E-Mail)


Demo-Scene: SECRETLY! - In memory of Jan Horn
In Memory of Jan Horn (Sulaco of Secretly!) 08 June 2002
We just received some extremely sad news. Our coder and man behind the sulaco.co.za site "Jan Horn" passed away 06 June 2002, 18:30. Apparently he was involved in a car accident.

He will be greatly missed in the Delphi Game/OpenGL development community and in our hearts!! No words can explain our loss, we miss you! Our sympathy goes out to his family and friends. May his memory live on!!! (ps) (Translation: sk)

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09.Jun.2002
Linux Gazette


Magazine: Linux Gazette #79
Issue 79 of online Linux Magazine "Linux Gazette" has been published. Apart from Linux specific articles, time and again the magazine also contains contributions and information that might also be interesting outside the Linux world. Issue #79 contains the following articles:

  • Dillo--a Web Browser as Fast as Lightning, by Matthias Arndt
  • Cracking open proprietary envelopes, by Adrian J. Chung
  • Help Dex, by Shane Collinge
  • Compiler Design with Python, by Dinil Divakaran
  • A Linux Fax Server for a Windows Network, by Pedro Fraile
  • Writing Your Own Toy OS (PART II), by Krishnakumar R.
  • The Foolish Things We Do With Our Computers, by Mike Orr
  • Improving Hard Disk Performance with hdparam, by Piter Punk
  • Qubism, by Jon "Sir Flakey" Harsem
  • Getting started with PIC 16F84 on GNU/Linux, by Jerry Sebastian
  • A Framework For Writing Application Servers In C++, by Rob Tougher
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09.Jun.2002
ANN


TrueType Font Rendering: ttrender.library V3.1
On 9th June 2002, Grzegorz Kraszewski has published version 3.1 of TrueType font render engine "ttrender.library" for AmigaOS. According to the author, this version entails a noticable increase in speed. This was obtained by improving memory allocation. The re-allocation of memory during the drawing of each single letter has been eliminated.

This version of the library is based on the FreeType V2.0.9 sources of the project of the same name.

Kraszewski is targeting two goals when porting: Expansion of FreeType's functionality and seamless integration into AmigaOS.

Download: ttrender-3.1.lha (78K) (sd) (Translation: cb)

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09.Jun.2002
amiga.org


Tool: MCP V1.39
Version 1.39 of multi function tool MCP ("MasterControlProgram") is available for download.

The mcp1_39u archive is the update for version 1.38 and only contains the files updated against V1.38. The mcp1_39 archive contains the complete version 1.39.

Download: (sd) (Translation: cb)

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09.Jun.2002
ANN


XFree86: Open Source 3D driver for ATI Radeon 8500 announced
Jens Owen of Tungsten Graphics announces an Open Source 3D driver for the ATI Radeon 8500 for Q4, 2002. This will be developed as a 3D-DRI-Driver for the XFree86 X server. Development is sponsored by the Weather Channel.

The source code of a TCL (Transform, Clipping and Lighting) driver's alpha version for Radeon is accessible through the Tungsten Graphics project page (Radeon right at the end of the page). (sd) (Translation: cb)

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09.Jun.2002
BarsnPipes (ANF)


Music: Bars'n'Pipes V1.14
Yesterday the new version 1.14 of MIDI sequencer Bars'n'Pipes, further developed by Alfred Faust, has been published. The following features have been added in this version:

  • Screenmode requester
  • GadTools user interface
  • Most requesters operable via keyboard
  • CAMD library
  • New 32 colour design
  • Localisation
  • German catalogue included
  • and much more
Please read the included BnP_Addenum.guide for changes.

Download: download/BnP1_14.zip (532K) (sd) (Translation: cb)

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09.Jun.2002
Digital Almanac (ANF)


Digital Almanac III and Amithlon
At the "Amiga Freunde Pfalz"'s Amiga Party, Achim Stegemann had the opportunity to test DA III under Amithlon on a Pentium 4 (1.6GHz) and GeForce 3 equipped PC. An animation of the star chart at a resolution of 1024x768 and a colour depth of 16bit resulted in a frame rate of ca. 10 fps. This is about ten times as fast as on the development machine (PPC604e/200 and 68060/50 with CVPPC). (sd) (Translation: cb)

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09.Jun.2002
Amiga Society


Little Book of Amiga Software: Games list updated, 14 new entries
The games list in the "Little Book of Amiga Software" by Amiga Society has been updated. Furthermore, the following titles have been added to the software directory:
  • Goal!
  • Dizzy Dice
  • Beam
  • Police Quest 2
  • Starball
  • Night Dawn
  • Streetgang
  • Khalaan
  • The three Stooges
  • Silent Service II
  • Seek & Destroy
  • Their finest Hour
  • Christoph Kolumbus
  • Jurassic Park


Your help is needed to keep the Little Book of Amiga Software current and informative. Please send the following information to software@amiga-society.de:
  1. Scans of software, of which there are no pictures available yet.
  2. Supplemental informationen about software in the Little Book of Amiga Software.
  3. Information about software not yet mentioned on the pages.
  4. Software instruction manuals.
(ps) (Translation: cb)

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09.Jun.2002
ANN


Browser: Further development of AWeb at Sunsite.dk?
Henrik Mikael Kristensen writes on ANN that Sunsite.dk is willing to host a development site for AWeb free of charge. Due to lack of time, he himself can not participate in the development but will be able to help with setting up the site and organizing development.

Sunsite.dk provides CVS, PHP4 or JSP/servlets and MySQL, mailing lists, news groups, FTP, backups etc. to Open Source projects.

The complete text by Henrik Mikael Kristensen is accessible through the title link. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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09.Jun.2002
Amiga Future


Datatype: wbmpdt V1.0 for WAP bitmap images
On 7th June 2002, Stephan Rupprecht has published version 1.0 of his wbmpdt Datatype for WAP bitmap images. This is this Datatype's first publication.

Download: wbmpdt.lha (5K), Readme (sd) (Translation: cb)

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09.Jun.2002
Amiga Future


Amiga Future: Raffle to new FAQ
On Saturday, a FAQ section with tips and suggested solutions for problems of all sorts has gone online in the interactive area of Amiga Future. It was created by Thomas Rapp. The section is subdivided into more than 15 subcategories, amongst them: AmigaOS, programming, emulators and emulation, Internet, PowerPC, viruses and CD writers.

To this there is a raffle until 20th June 2002. A full version of iFusion will be raffled amongst all contributions to the FAQ. The creator of the best contribution will receive, quasi as a reward, the full version of The Feeble Files.

Multiple contributions are possible. Of course the tips may not be pinched or already contained in the FAQ. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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09.Jun.2002
amiga.org


Amiga.org: Download area
Wayne Hunt of Amiga.org has taken the publication of the AWeb source code as an opportunity to open a download area on Amiga.org. People are still being searched for the expansion and administration of this area. The download area is accessible after registration with Amiga.org. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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09.Jun.2002
Amiga Future


Amiga Future: Review of the game 'Chips'
Today a review by Matthias Jakisch of the puzzle game Chips has been published on the Amiga Future homepage. The player has to adopt the role of a professor at a laboratory to assemble a computer from parts scattered around the laboratory.

The game by Ventzislav Tzvetkov requires an Amiga with 1 MB RAM and is available for download on Aminet.

Download: Chips.lha (ps) (Translation: cb)

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08.Jun.2002
Maja (ANF)


ELSA: new founded devolo AG produces new edition of industry modem Microlink 56k
The on 2002, 1st May in Aachen founded devolo AG brings a new edition of the successfull industry modem Microlink 56k i to the market. So the good ELSA quality doesn't go completely lost.

The team of the devolo AG consists of 25 former workers of the ELSA AG who bring each up to 18 years of experience in data communication into the company. The ELSA AG was founded in 1980 as spin off of the RWTH Aachen. As pioneer of the data communication ELSA brought in 1988 the first by the Deutsche Post accepted modem to the market. For more than 20 years could ELSA establish themselves as leading provider in the area of the data communication and the computer graphics. Dramatic market changes prevented lasting synergies between the different business fields, though. Heiko Harbers, former vice president consumer products at ELSA and now founder and chairman of devolo, draws the obvious conclusion out of this: a clear focussing on the business field data communication and a clear tightening of the portfolio by concentrating on profitable succeeding products is the devolo motto. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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08.Jun.2002
Amiforce (ANF)


Amiforce: big update - AmiBlitz V2.26
Amiforce has after a longer period of time an update to announce.

The start make some cosmetic changes that had taken most of the time. Many errors had been removed and especially the selected colours got a change after some criticism. Whether it looks better now may be judged by everybody on his/her own. ;-)

Amiblitz:
There's now a new, error reduced version of Amiblitz 2.26 in the Amiblitz section. It's again an update archive that contains next to the English version also the German one. A new Image.res that enhances Amiblitz with further graphical possibilities is also included. GlowIcons are now used and bring the boring old fashioned look to an end. As the old archive contains the new one bilingual docs.

Download: amiblitz2.26.lha (658 KB)

Furthermore there's a little 3D tutorial in the Amiblitz section included. This will be removed in the near future again, though, as it will be completely revised and expanded with example sources. Soon will a beginners course be started that will then lead to different areas. The 3D part will be done by Sterix (a programmer and my best guy) who is training at present on Amiblitz. The first sources look really great. In this direction there'll come quite some things. ;-) Some examples (demos) that could make people very interested in Amiblitz will follow, too.

Softguide:
The softguide section had been opened, too. The beginning is done with Amisat. For this there'll be soon a detailed manual in the helpguide rubric released. The other sections will be updated again, too.

Forum:
Amiforce has now a new forum, too. All interested are invited to enter. Almost all contributions of the old forum had been taken on. So it's not a start at zero. Thanks go to Matthias Münch for his support.

Further material is already being worked on. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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08.Jun.2002
Jens Pachl (ANF)


Browser: AWeb is Open Source!
As can be read following the title link are from this day on the sources for AWeb free available. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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08.Jun.2002
GFX-BASE (ANF)


GFX-BASE: German translation of the DynAMIte review
On the GFX-BASE had a German translation of the review of the 'DynAMIte - Special Collectors Edition' CD-ROM been released today. We'd like to thank here very much Stefan Donati for his translation. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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08.Jun.2002
Björn Dehmel (ANF)


AmigaOne in the PC Magazin (German print magazine)
In the current issue (07/2002) of the German "PC Magazin" there's a short article about the AmigaOne on page 26. It's given the title "AMIGAOS 4.0 - The ball bounces again". The article contains the already known stuff about the AmigaOne hardware and the AmigaInc. licensing model. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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08.Jun.2002
jurassicpack.de.vu (ANF)


The Amiga demo scene lives!
Since six months do Ghandy & Zito out of the Amiga demo scene release a regular disc mag again. The name is "Jurassic Pack". The latest issue #10 is an anniversary issue - one reason more to party - and can easily be downloaded under www.jurassicpack.de.vu (title link)! Especially recommendable as this issue's motto is "Oldskool"! (ps) (Translation: wk)

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07.Jun.2002
Computer City (E-Mail)


Computer City: New Amiga keyboards - Cherry Amiga Cybo@rd
Computer City announces that they have keyboards with Amiga-logo. For further information in English, German or Dutch please have a look at the title link. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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07.Jun.2002
Vapor (ANF)


Vapor.com: David Gerber takes over management of Oliver Wagner
Due to time constraints on my part, David "Zapek" Gerber will now take over project and release management of the vapor products.

This doesn't mean that I'll stop working on them or so, but managing a project is more than just that. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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07.Jun.2002
A.S.Munde (ANF)


DocDatatypes v40.40 released
Amarpreet Singh Munde has released an update of DocDatatypes. DocDatatypes are a set of datatype classes for documents. The list of supported formats include: MS-Word (Windows, Mac, OS2), RTF, WordPerfect, Write, MS-Works, AmiPro, WordStar, WordStar 2000, Pocket Word, Quill, XyWrite III, Psion Word, Psion TextEd, Palm DB TEXt Doc (pdbdoc), TEAL docs, RichReader, First Word Plus, Mac Write, Mac TeachText and Mac Text.

New for this version (40.40) is the support of MacBinary MS-Word files.

There is also the latest version of FindFile in the archive. A new fast, easy to use file finder application that offers search by name, size, date, and even file type.

Available to download only from http://go.to/docdatatypes. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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07.Jun.2002
Markus Nerding (ANF)


PageStream news to version 4.1
For owners of version 4.1 of Amiga and Windows there is a corrected German localisation. At the Amiga version the 4.1-functions have translated and at the Windows version the faults of the graphics of the editing palette have been debugged and the help and hints work again.

All customers who have entered their names in our new product registration will get the access to the current version and files. Customers who still did not register can make up for it: Registration.

Because PageStream 4.1 now finally is complete including the German documentation, German localisation (except the Mac-version) H&P presents a special for new customers. For a limited time the full version of PageStream will be available to a special price for all versions. PageStream is one of the few products which is available for three platforms (Amiga, Windows, Macintosh) with the same version number.

If you want to get more information please have a look at the title link. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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07.Jun.2002
Bill Buck und Raquel Velasco (E-Mail)


Thendic-France: Pegasos news
Next Production Run of the Pegasos SOLD OUT!
"We would like to announce that the next scheduled production of the Pegasos has been sold out. Boards have been set aside for friendly developers, but all others have been sold.

Another production of the Pegasos will follow in July." (ps) (Translation: dr)

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07.Jun.2002
Peter Hutchison


Printers: New drivers for HP 6x06, 870C and 900C
Peter Hutchison has published updated versions of the following printer drivers:
  • HP Deskjet 6x0C (now with compression and installer script) version 40.12
  • HP 870C (now with installer script) version 40.21
  • HP 900C (now with Installer script) version 40.12
Printer systems like TurboPrint or Print Studio should not be used together with this driver. The archives contain binaries of 68000, 68020 and 68040.

Download page (ps) (Translation: dr)

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07.Jun.2002
Amig@lien (ANF)


Amig@lien: Payback MapEditor workshop published
Today a detailed workshop to the Payback MapEditor has been published at Amig@alien which you can find under the title link. The following things are explained:

General things:
  • Adding objects
  • Determining start position
  • Controlling the editor


Controlling the vehicles:
  • Adjustments of traffic lights
  • Pedestrians
  • Route modus
  • Barring roads
  • Transmission ways


Area-/cubes controlling:
  • Own textures
  • Area defenitions
  • Allocation of textures
  • Change of rise
(ps) (Translation: dr)

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07.Jun.2002
Mario Cattaneo (ANF)


Collecting data for the FastFileSystem V46
Mario Cattaneo writes:
Olaf Barthel developes the new FFS (FastFileSystem) of AmigaOS 4. Doing that in an as optimal as possible way he needs data. Data about the conditions of as many as possible Amiga partitions. Thus he is able to collect them he has written a little program which determines the file sizes.

So these data may become representative if the program will be distributed as much as possible. Because of that I decided to put this program on my homepage for download. Please directly send the data to Olaf (please read the documentation before!).

The last possible data for sending in it is the 16th June 2002. Please do not send any reports after this day. This day is the deadline and then all reports which I have got up to this date will be analysed. Please join numerously...
Thanks a lot in anticipation, Mario.

PS: For all those who doubt that this program is "clean" I added the source code to the program. So you can see what it makes.

Download: sample_dir.lha (ps) (Translation: dr)

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06.Jun.2002
Thorsten Schölzel (ANF)


Who Will Port BMP2WBMP?
Thorsten Schölzel writes: "While browsing the Workshop in AMIGAPlus about the display of WAP-pages I came across the conversion program "BMP2WBMP," which is a program that allows BMP images to be quickly and easily displayed as WBMPs, and thereby embedded in a WAP-page."

"Unfortunately there is no AmigaOS port, so I am publicly calling for this program to be ported. It is written in ANSI-C and may be downloaded from the homepage."

Download Sourcecode: bmp2wbmp.c

Update 07.06.2002:
Ramazan alias Gigatron has ported the program. You can download the port from the Web site of Thorsten Schölzel: bmp2wbmp.lha (ps) (Translation: dm)

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06.Jun.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)


Amiga Arena: PuzzleBOBS Review
With the friendly approval of the newspaper AMIGAplus Amiga Arena is making available a test report of the issue 01/2002 to "PuzzleBOBS." Another test report (in Italian) is on AmiWorld online. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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06.Jun.2002
Stephan Rupprecht


Audio: New Sun Audio Sound-Datatype Version 41.1
Stephan Rupprecht has made version 41.1 of his Sun Audio Sound-Datatype available. The datatype now functions even when the size of the soundheader is zero.

Download: SunAUdt.lha - (5 KB)

The cooperation of datatypes allows various datatypes from different program to be displayed and played. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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06.Jun.2002
M. Schwarz (ANF)


Website www.benderirc.de Offline
Cyborg writes: www.benderirc.de is unreachable due to problems of our Internet host, but should be online again tomorrow. Updates may be obtained this evening via xdcc in the IRC channel #amigafun. By the way the service is longer term :-). Whoever would like a beta-version can gladly find one there, as well as beta-versions of plugins.

To download simply in IRC channel #amigafun type

/ctcp cyborg xdcc list

whenever I'm around. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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06.Jun.2002
Rene König (ANF)


AmigaOne in the Computer Newspaper "Chip"
In issue 06/2002 of the computer newspaper Chip you'll find on site 47 a short report on the Amiga One. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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06.Jun.2002
Patrick Beerhorst (ANF)


A.D.A. - Demo Archive with Commenting and Voting
From today on, new programs have been integrated into ADA. All visitors can vote on each demo and write a comment. Through these new functions it will be possible in a short time to tell which demos are most loved and the best, and other users will be tipped off which ones they should download.

The comment function can be found under the screenshots in every demo. For the voting you must register (username and password). In the future we'll make the user data editable, so if a user would like to express more about his interests (email address, homepage, system specs) he can do that.

Since a week ago, ADA has also been available at amigademos.de. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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06.Jun.2002
The Legacy


Nostalgia: The Legacy - Museum Again Online
The Legacy, the nostalgia museum, is reachable again. As reported there was always some problem with the provider. MishRa says: "The abstinence is over! The old museum keeper mishRa hobbles - on account of his troublesome knees - to the entrance and throws the doors w i d e open. At the same time he barricades them open, so that they won't easily be shut again."

In 'Nostalgic Game Museum' you'll find screenshots, cover-scans und genre definitions for over 10,000 games. 'The Legacy' also offers informationen over the developers of old games for C64, Amiga, Atari, PC and Schneider/Amstrad CPC. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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06.Jun.2002
Insolshop, Aachen


Elsa: Bankruptcy Assets Auctioned Off Beginning Today
The last tragic chapter in the many-yeared history of Elsa begins today. In Aachen the stock inventory of the insolvent hardware manufacturer is being auctioned. According to the liquidator Insolshop about 24,000 items are on the auction block.

From others about 400 19-inchers will be auctioned, as well as numerous modems, network products, graphic cards, and accessories. An auction catalog is available in PDF format here. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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06.Jun.2002
amiga.org


Browser: Mozilla 1.0
After four years of development the open-source web-browser Mozilla, which is developed for a range of platforms, has made the giant leap to version 1.0. MozillaZine has verified this in a wideranging article.

Information about the planned Mozilla for Amiga DE may be found at mozamiga.mozdev.org. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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06.Jun.2002
Emanuel Mair (ANF)


AmigaOS + POP/PPC petition official web site
Emanuel Mair writes:
AmigaPOP.8bit.co.uk is finally online! Here you'll hopefully find all information you could possibly want about the AmigaOS distribution policies and POP/PPC hardware petition. I hope the background information and FAQ will be especially helpful to clear up some of the confusion surrounding these issues.

If you have not yet signed the petition, then please do so now! Please help spreading the word by linking to AmigaPOP.8bit.co.uk. It's not too late to save our favourite OS and a unified POP-based hardware market!

In other news, I have finally managed to get in touch with the PetitionOnline.com administrators. The few abuse and sabotage attempts so far have been removed from the signatory listings. Not that any garbage would ever reach the recipient of our petition, but I understand some thought that it didn't look too good... (ps)

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05.Jun.2002
Jan Andersen (E-Mail)


Virus Help Team: Chat-Room open again
The Virus Help Team Chat-Room has been down for some time now, but Charlene (VHT-Canada) has solved the problem, and the Chat-Room is now open again. Hope to chat with you all...

You can join the chat room from the title link. (ps)

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05.Jun.2002
David Brunet (E-Mail)


Amiga Games Classifying: Results of the vote from May/June 2002
Amiga Games Classifying asks the readers all two months about their favorite games. These are the results of the vote from May/June 2002 (the number within the brackets shows the result from the last vote):

  1. (3) Payback - 164 Pts.
  2. (2) Napalm - 135 Pts.
  3. (1) Quake - 130 Pts.
  4. (9) The Settlers - 100 Pts.
  5. (4) Earth 2140 - 100 Pts.
  6. (10) Heretic 2 - 97 Pts.
  7. (5) WipEout 2097 - 84 Pts.
  8. (19) Freespace - 74 Pts.
  9. (17) Worms / Worms DC - 73 Pts.
  10. (7) Sensible World Of Soccer - 66 Pts.
  11. (12) Shogo - 64 Pts.
  12. (8) Foundation - 61 Pts.
  13. (6) Slam Tilt - 55 Pts.
  14. (45) Beneath A Steel Sky - 48 Pts.
  15. (27) Cannon Fodder - 47 Pts.
  16. (11) Civilization - 45 Pts.
  17. (31) Dune 2 - 44 Pts.
  18. (24) Wasted Dreams - 40 Pts.
  19. (96) Another World - 39 Pts.
  20. (38) Flashback - 39 Pts.
The next vote (July/August 2002) for Amiga games will start in -July 2002. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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05.Jun.2002
Tom Duin alias Amigaharry (ANF)


CLI2WB, easy CLI commandline launch from Workbench
CLI2WB, easy launch Shell (CLI) commandline from Workbench. I've configurated CLI2WB for the realaudio 1/2/3 player RAplay. So doubleclick on the icon, an ASL loadrequester appears to select a realaudio to play. You can define the title, OK button and pattern of the requester in CLI2WB's tooltypes, and more. Also released Shrinky, a little utility to shrink the size of a file to an exact desired size.
Grts, Tom Duin alias Amigaharry (ps)

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05.Jun.2002
Tales of Tamar


T.o.T.: New Amiga-Version V0.43 R6
Tales of Tamar, the round based Internet game from Eternity, is available in the new Amiga version 0.43 R6 for registered beta testers.

In this updated version the sea battle has been enabled. With your own battle ships it is now possible to attack hostile trading ships or warships. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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05.Jun.2002
Bright Light Software


AC97Mixer V1.83 for Amithlon SB 128 sound card
Frank Fenn has released version 1.83 of the program AC97Mixer for Amithlon for SB 128 sound cards. Actually the ES1370, ES 1371 and CT5880 chipsets are supported. The program allows the control of volume and balance for MASTER, AUX, CD, PCM and MUTE.

Download: ac97mixer.lha (ps) (Translation: ub)

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05.Jun.2002
AOG


Amiga Online Games: Three new games in the data base
Amiga Online Games, the website which informs you about Amiga games playable via nullmodem, modem or TCP/IP, has put three new games in its data base. New are:
  • Scud Buster
  • Spacewar
  • ZapTris
(ps) (Translation: ub)

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05.Jun.2002
EvenMore


Textviewer: EvenMore version 0.60
The freeware textviewer 'EvenMore' is ready for download in version 0.60.

Changes since version 0.59:

  • Created a basic RTF plugin.
  • Removed Printer settings from the preference GUI. Instead of opening the printer device, it will now open a file using the PRT: device instead. The other method was causing problems with TurboPrint. Please use the Workbench printer preferences instead.
  • Fixed a bug. Was updating menus while they were still in use when loading or closing a file. Thanks Jean Marie :).
  • Images within EvenMore, e.g. Hand image when you quit EvenMore, will now be loaded through icons in the icon folder you are currently using. They will support NewIcons/GlowIcons as usual.
  • Created a basic Becker2text plugin.
  • A new PowerArt ASCII plugin has been created by aGGreSSor of team PowerAmiga, along with a new Russian locale!
Download: EvenMore.lha (800 KB) (ps) (Translation: ub)

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05.Jun.2002
Stephan Rupprecht


Audio: New AIFF sound-datatype version 41.4
Stephan Rupprecht has released the sound-datatype for AIFF in version 41.4. With this version a bug has been fixed which made it impossible to play AIFC sounds.

Download: aiffdt41.lha (6 KB)

With the help of the so called datatypes different programs are enabled to show or play any kind of data. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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04.Jun.2002
Elvis (ANF)


Game: Angband 3.0
Bablos has the Amiga version of Angband 3.0 compiled and published on Clockwork.

Download: angband-300-ami.lha.

Angband is a complex and round based Freeware RPG, that is based upon the books of J.R.R. Tolkien. The player explores a deep dungeon, collect many weapons, encounters monsters to kill to meet "Morgoth", the "Dark Enemy". (ps) (Translation: gf)

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04.Jun.2002
AudioLabs


AudioLabs: Summer prices
Until the end of June 2002 you can buy AudioLabs product at special summer prices:
  • Titanium (contains ProStationAudio Titanium, 30 ALPS plugins, complete technical support and a free version of AudioLab16 R3)
  • Titanium, as before, but only basic service (installation), no free updates and no free version of AudioLab16 R3
  • Older ProStationAudio Millennium Version (contains ProStationAudio Millennium, 30 ALPS plugins, basic service (installation), no free updates
Prices and more details see title link. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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04.Jun.2002
Apex Designs


Game: New/updated maps for Payback
For the action game »Payback« from Apex Designs are new and updated Extra-Maps available. In the game you have to get from a Nobody to a gangster boss. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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04.Jun.2002
RekoNet (Dirk Stöcker)


Game: New Klondike-cardsets at RekoNet
At the Reko-Net, the collection of cardsets, programs, and links around the Klondike game from Reko Productions, were done some changes and new cardsets are added.
  • Buffy2 cardset from Vegard Krog Petersen
  • JulieKSmith and Zoe from Joe Pineapples
  • New AS-Solitaire version from Andreas Sauer
  • MogwaiMen7 cardset
  • 3 Dorian cardsets from Allan Rasmussen
  • Link to Vegard's Website
(ps) (Translation: gf)

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04.Jun.2002
WHDLoad


Installer: WHDLoad - New packets (until 04.06.2002) (Update)
With WHDLoad you can install games you only can play on disks on your harddisk. The following games are added or updated:
  • 04.06.02 new: Plutos (Micro Value) done by Codetapper
  • 03.06.02 new: Dogfight (Microprose Ltd.) done by Dr.Zarkov
  • 03.06.02 new: Vyrus (Amiga Fun) done by Bored Seal
  • 03.06.02 improved: Marble Madness (Atari/Electronic Arts) support for the splash screen added
  • 03.06.02 new: Hellrun Machine (Amiga Fun) done by Bored Seal
  • 03.06.02 improved: Dune (Cryo) diskfile release, shitty original installer not necessary anymore
  • 03.06.02 improved: Dark Side (Incentive Software/Domark) also supports the Rob Northen series 1 copylocked version
  • 03.06.02 new: Crystal Palace (Amiga Fun) done by Bored Seal
  • 03.06.02 improved: Arcade Pool (Team 17) fixed ECS slave, reworked install script
(ps)

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04.Jun.2002
Richard Kapp (ANF)


GFX-BASE: Q&A Session with Darius Brewka about 'AmiStart' / New poll
On GFX-BASE you can read Q&A-Session with Darius Brewka. Darius is the coder of the StartMenu-Launchbar Tools 'AmiStart', with many features. The new version in progress is very promising.

He talks about this great tool and all its new features in the coming version. He has also added an exclusive screenshot.

We have started a new poll on GFX-BASE and want to know if AmigaOS 4.0 should be available for Pegasos. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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03.Jun.2002
AOG


Amiga Online Games: New screenshots, top 10 and highscores
There are eleven new screenshots of Amiga games at Amiga Online Games, a webpage about Amiga games that can be played over any kind of network connection.

Furthermore a game-voting was added and BattleDuell players can now send in their highscores. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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03.Jun.2002
stop1984.com (ANF)


Privacy: Stop1984-Petition (Update)
SOS Privacy
Since data retention, as it is now possible after the decision of the EU parliament, does not only affect EU citizens but also their worldwide communication partners, we ask any user to sign - no matter where from. During the first campaign 16206 people signed the open letter to the EU-Parliament -- help us to collect even more votes this time! (ps)

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03.Jun.2002
A/NES CGFX


Emulator: A/NES CGFX Version 1.26
Version 1.26 of the NES-emulator for AmigaOS is now available for download. The main new feature is a bugfix of a problem of the CPU-emulation.

Download: anescgfx.lha (130 KB) (ps) (Translation: sk)

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03.Jun.2002
Amigan Software


Game: Worm Wars Version 7.01
Worm Wars version 7.01 released. You will need OS2.04+, PAL/DblPAL and a MC68020+ to play this game.

Download: WormWars.lha (621 KB) (ps) (Translation: sk)

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03.Jun.2002
AHI - Beta


Audio: AHI - ahi.device 5.21 (Beta) (Update)
Martin Blom released version 5.21 (beta) of the ahi.device for ix86. The following changes were made.
  • ahi.device: Re-enabled optimization and removed all 64 bit kludges for the Amithlon version. It's still just using the C version of the mixing routines, but is already about 2.5 times faster native (compared to the JIT-compiled 4.180 version). I like it.

  • paula.audio: When opening timer.device (used in the DMA mode), I didn't clear the flags parameter and opened UNIT_MICROHZ instead of UNIT_ECLOCK. [Sigbjørn Skjæret]
Download: ahi-2002-01-06-ix86.lha (491 KB) (ps) (Translation: sk)

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03.Jun.2002
Amiga Update


Amiga Update Newsletter #020531 von Brad Webb
The English version of the newsletter (May 2002) by Brad Webb of Amiga Update can be found at the title link. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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03.Jun.2002
Ralf Steines (E-Mail)


back2roots.org: New mirrors
Besides a complete mirror (accessable via http and ftp) we added some new interesting mirrors:

Newly added complete mirrors:

  • amidemos.org (Amiga demos as DivX videoformat),
  • amigascne.org (a lot scene material)
  • aros.org (the source compatible AmigaOS clone),
  • geekgadgets.org (ports of many GNU/FSF programs for Amiga),
  • funet.fi [amiga] (many old Amiga programs, +Fish disks 1-999)
  • uu.net [amiga] (only few but very old Amiga programs :)
  • AMOK (Amiga Modula & Oberon Club, disks 1-105)
  • UAE (Ubiquitous Amiga Emulator, source- and binary archive)
  • WinUAE (Main-FTP of winuae.net)
Except the old pieces of software, everything else is updated every day and Aminet even every 2 hours.

As a special gift you will find the complete 'Frozenfish'-cd that also contains fish-disks 1-1000.

If somebody wants to add other freeware (floppy-)disk series and owns a flatrate, please feel free to contact us. ADF, DMS and lha archives are welcomed, too.

Furthermore we would like to publish other freeware CD's. So if somebody owns such a thing and has a broadband connection available do not hasitate and contact us, too. Our ftp-server can be accessed at:

Please contact info@back2roots.org before doing large uploads. Thanks a lot! (ps) (Translation: sk)

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02.Jun.2002
ANN (ANF)


AmigaOne: MPEG showing the AmigaOne booting TurboLinux
Elwood writes on ANN:
I uploaded on Aminet a video in Mpeg showing the AmigaOne booting TurboLinux. This video is old (March 2002) and not professional in any way (in fact, it never meant to be). I originally wanted to upload it on my website instead of putting this huge file on Aminet but my ISP didn't allow me this. So here it is, to make Aminet even bigger!

Remember this AmigaOne is the prototype (G3/600Mhz) and it runs TurboLinux. And I must confess, I never seen a Linux booting that fast. I'm excited to get my hand on AmigaOS4.

Download: AmigaOne.mpg (80 MB)

Update 02.06.2002:
The video was deleted from this Aminet server. I do not know the motive.

Update II 02.06.2002:
Here you will find the explanation from Elwood. (ps)

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02.Jun.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)


Amiga Arena - Full version of "Samba Partie AGA/ECS" and redesign
With the approval of Jo Seitz (Sayonara Software), Amiga Arena enabled the release of the full version of the football manager "Samba Partie AGA/ECS".

This is the first part of the "Samba" series. Besides lots of other features, the football manager also has an action part where you can actively play with your team.

Amiga Arena has been allowed to release further games by "Sayonara Software" in the future. Yet, for this we need your help, as we don't have all games at our disposal!

We are looking for the following software items:

  • Diego - Football manager
  • WHLM - Ice Hockey manager
  • Samba Partie prof. - Football manager with action part
  • Travel-Manager - Travel simulation
  • Hollywood Pictures - Manager
  • Samba World Cup - Football manager with action part
Please contact: Olaf Köbnik.

Amiga Arena - "Full version" redesign
The Amiga Arena Full versions have been divided into new areas. Besides the familiar download facilities for commercial software and shareware programs, the areas have been restructured, and with "Applaud Software", "Sayonara Software" and "Vulcan Software" three new areas have been added.

Here you will be able to find - apart from the well-known games of the software houses - level codes, cheats, screenshots as well as reviews of the products. Furthermore, we are looking for the game "DNA" by "Applaud Software"! Have fun with our offerings! Amiga Arena. (ps) (Translation: cb)

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02.Jun.2002
Marcel Rohles (ANF)


Survey about Tukult, the Space-Rat adventure
A poll about the systems to be supported has been started on the new homepage of Tukult, an adventure game in development about Space-Rat.

As the first drafts had been made on an Amiga, and the author used to be an Amiga user then, in the case of an adequate turnout there should be a very realistic chance of an Amiga port.

Direct links to the poll: German see title link, English (ps) (Translation: cb)

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02.Jun.2002
Suite101.com


John Chandler: Turn The Page
At Suite101.com, John Chandler writes an article about Amiga in regular intervals. In the new article, Chandler is dealing with the fact that there aren't any books to buy about the Amiga anymore, and makes proposals how this situation might be changed. (ps) (Translation: cb)

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02.Jun.2002
Matthias M. (ANF)


Jabberwocky Homepage moved
The homepage from Jabberwocky, the Jabber client for Amiga, has moved to http://jabberwocky.amigaworld.de/. Please update all your bookmarks/links. Thanks. (ps)

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02.Jun.2002
Mikey C (ANF)


Total Amiga Magazine Scores a Hat Trick!
It's World Cup time and to celebrate we too have a hat trick of good news to tell you about. Issue 11 of Total Amiga Magazine has sold out at our HQ. There are no copies left! So we are sending on the substitute and going for a second print run of this month's 48 page packed issue.

We are over the moon to announce that like other previous Amiga Magazines in the past, Total Amiga Magazine has now got its own open mailing list on yahoo groups. To subscribe send an email to totalamiga-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.

Full details and more on our website (title link). (ps)

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02.Jun.2002
Ben Hermans (E-Mail)


AmiDock for AmigaOS 4 - New informations
A lot of users have questions about the new version of AmiDock that will be included with OS 4, especially regarding the differences between the OS 3.9 and the OS 4.0 version.

Here are the answers by Stefan Robl, the author of AmiDock.

The OS4.0 version of AmiDock is an almost completely rewrite of the version included with OS3.9 and a lot of outstanding issues were fixed.

The new design comes with a much improved layouter which arranges all types of icons very well (from very tiny to really big ones).

A very nice new feature is the interactive mode of AmiDock which allows the user to arrange, add, remove icons, categories and even docks directly using the mouse without the need to open the configuration dialog.

AmiDock now also supports button type docks allowing for numerous objects (programs, files) to be available at once as this mode consumes very little "desktop real-estate".

With OS4.0's AmiDock, docks can now have their drag bar on all four possible sides of a dock; each dock is now also minimizeable to conserve space.

The new AmiDock is now up to ten times faster than the old version (depending on the number of icons visible at load time).

The most interesting new feature is the possibility to have active content within a dock through plug-ins.

A plug-in of AmiDock is called a "docky". Each docky has full access to all of AmiDock's functionality and can provide for a virtually endless number of features. The usage of dockies is very transparent - throw in a docky and it will work (and vice versa).

A number of dockies will already be included with OS4.0; one of the most requested features - subdocks - was made possible using a docky. There is also a docky which minimizes a dock automatically if the mouse pointer is no longer over the dock. Other included dockies allow you to have clock, a lens, animations and other active content within a dock.

The most thrilling stuff will surely come from third party programmers in the form of third-party dockies (the API will be released with OS4.0) - just imagine having the current network traffic, the printer status, the current rendering process of your raytracer and other similarly useful things in the form of a small and corresponding picture within your dock.

This is just the beginning, we are planning a lot more useful features for AmiDock which may or may not be ready in time for OS 4.0. (ps)

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02.Jun.2002
Rudolph Riedel (E-Mail)


Internet: FakeUUCP V0.41 (POP3/SMTP/NNTP for Microdot)
Rudolph Riedel writes:
Stefan Huelswitt just mailed me that FakeUUCP 0.41 is now available for download on his homepage. In fact with source code in C under GPL V2.

FakeUUCP is a program for teaching Microdot1 to use POP3/SMTP/NNTP.

As Stefan gave up the Amiga some time ago, this should be the last version done by him.

Download: FakeUUCP0.41.lha (167K), History (sd) (Translation: cb)

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02.Jun.2002
Andreas Magerl (E-Mail)


Amiga Future: New survey - Amiga as main computer?
Today the new survey "Do you want to use the Amiga as your main computer in the future?" on the Amiga Future homepage was started. Furthermore the result of the previous survey "Are Amiga Inc. going the right way into the future?" has been published in the homepage's Interactive area. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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01.Jun.2002
CyberGFX


Mediator: 2nd version of PatchInt
PatchInt is to solve a lockup problem with the Mediator board in connection with a SoundBlaster and FastEthernet card. The corresponding text from the CyberGFX site:

'Mr. Matthew Allatt has released a new (2nd release) PatchInt. He writes: "Just a quick email to let you know that I've made a small alteration to PatchInt. I was getting some distortion when playing MP3's through SoundBlaster, which I've never heard before, and wasn't because of my speakers being crap. I don't know if anyone else has had that problem, but I'm hoping that this version should clear that up".

You can find information on PatchInt and all other Mediator programs on the 3rd Party Mediator Software Page.' (sd) (Translation: cb)

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01.Jun.2002
David Zaroski (gg-ML)


Geek Gadgets: Server upgrade on 6th June
Presumably on 6th June 2002, geekgadgets.org's Server will be upgraded and not be available for at least 6-12 hours. Date and duration of downtime is still subject to change. Geek Gadgets apologizes for any possible inconvenience this may cause.

Geek Gadgets provides a.o. Amiga versions of gcc, ixemul.library and many GNU and Unix packages for download. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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01.Jun.2002
AMIGA Freunde Pfalz, Mario Schröder (ANF)


Event: AMIGA Freunde Pfalz Party starts in a few days
Mario Schröder writes:
Soon it's the time of year again. In only a few days the three days long mega party of AMIGA Freunde Pfalz will start. The event will take place from 7th to 9th June 2002 in Mutterstadt.

As always our party is a popular meeting place for all Amiga friends with and without hardware. Questions, problems and help for everyone, as well as presentation of own projects.

Guests and visitors are very welcome. Further information as well as an itinerary etc. can be gathered from our homepage. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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01.Jun.2002
Gamasutra


Gamasutra: Technology Inspires Creativity: Indie Game Jam Inverts Dogma 2001
Developing games today is very time consuming and costly. Furthermore, developers tend to first concentrate on familiarizing with new hardware to technically make the best use of it. Both go at the expense of new game ideas. In above article Ernest Adams describes the "Indie Game Jam" as antipole to currently adopted game development practice.

The basis for this jam was the question of how many sprites you can display on screen nowadays. After a bit of research, the answer was "round about 100,000". This served as the basis for the development of a simple games engine.

A small group of games developers was then invited to the "Indie Game Jam", who then went on to develop 12 news games within 4 days.

The article describes the surroundings and the games, and offers concluding information in an interview with Chris Hecker, one of this meeting's organisators. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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01.Jun.2002
Kultpower.de


Kultpower.de: 10 new Powerplay covers
Already on 29th May 2002 the website Kultpower.de has been extended with 10 Powerplay covers. These were sent in by Gisbert. The issues in question are:
  • 1988: Happy Computer Special 3, Happy Computer Special 4
  • 1991: Power Play PC
  • 1994: Tips & Tricks
  • 1995: PowerPlay Online, Weihnachts-Special, Tips & Tricks
  • 1998: Strategie-Special, Tips & Lösungen, Fußball-WM-Special (how fitting ;-)
(sd) (Translation: cb)

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01.Jun.2002
Amiga Future


FreeCD: Paranoia 2 and Digital Maps
Patrick Henz has published two new CDs in his FreeCD series under the names of "Paranoia 2" (Amiga games) and "Digital Maps" (maps, HTML/JPEG).

Paranoia 2 contains Boogie Nights, Cybernetix, Dope Wars, Rage Hard Video, Rattlesnake, Roadkill AGA, Seek and Destroy, Woodys World, Woodys World, Zombie Massacre and Zombie Massacre 2 for Amiga computers.

Digital Maps contains maps from all over the world. Among these are maps of cities as well as historical and geographical maps. Also included is a map of the world's youngest country: East Timor.

All maps are available in JPG format. A search is possible through the HTML menu and the personal WWW browser's search function. The CD is thus system indepentent.

The CDs can be ordered under the title link. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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01.Jun.2002
Amiga Future


PowerD: AmiTCP Modules, AmiTCP Examples
On 31st May 2002, the AmiTCP developer kit "AmiTCP Modules" as well as the archive "AmiTCP Examples" with two examples for TCP/IP programming have been published for Martin Kuchinka's PowerD programming language.

Download: (sd) (Translation: cb)

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01.Jun.2002
Amiga Future


Datatype: ilbmdtPPC V45.9 by Stephan Rupprecht
On 1st June 2002, Stephan Rupprecht has published version 45.9 of his ILBM PPC Datatype for displaying IFF ILBM pictures. Compared to the previous version, the following changes have been made:

  • Bug fix: Because of the change in version 45.7 b/w and greyscale pictures couldn't be loaded anymore (greyscale pictures already didn't work before that).
  • Bug fix: As the OS picture.datatype doesn't pass on HAM and EHB pictures in Chunky format correctly, a workaround for this has been incorporated.


The Datatype runs with AmigaOS 3, CPU 020+, PPC 603+ as well as picture Datatype V43+.

Download: ilbmdtPPC.lha (17K), Readme (sd) (Translation: cb)

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01.Jun.2002
ANN


ANN: More than 3 million visitors
The imprecise graphical counter of English language Amiga news service Amiga Network News (ANN) by Christian Kemp has exceeded the 3 million mark.

According to the ANN server logs, currently about 12,500 pages are accessed every day. Thereby ANN is accessed from more than 40,000 different hosts.

Since ANN introduced dynamic web pages in 1998, more than 4,500 news items and more than 58,000 comments have been published. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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01.Jun.2002
Patbest (ANF)


Amithlon: Amigabest.com updated
The Amigabest.com website with much information about Amiga emulator "Amithlon" has been updated. The site now also works smoothly with IBrowse and AWeb. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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01.Jun.2002
Rudi (ANF)


Emulators: New website - AMI.lator
Rudi writes:
In the meantime, I have completed my Amiga emulator page to the extent that I feel I can present it to the broad Amiga public.

AmiLator.de is not yet finished by far!, e.g. my "News" system has to be reworked completely...

Maybe someone from the Amiga community would like to write for AmiLator.de: re. -Emulators & Co...

Please take a look. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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01.Jun.2002
Amiga Future


Comic: Sabrina Online.de with strips 199-203
Already on 27th and 29th May 2002, strips 199-203 have been added to the German language version of Eric W. Schwartz's comic strip series "Sabrina Online". The added strips are:

  • 199 - Kindermund tut Wahrheit kund
  • 200 - Das sind dann etwa vierzig Strips pro Jahr (dieser Strip in Farbe)
  • 201 - Kein allzu schlechtes Angebot
  • 202 - Intuition
  • 203 - Abschiedsgeschenk
(sd) (Translation: cb)

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01.Jun.2002
Tristan "TriMa" Mangold (ANF)


IRC: New #AmigaFun homepage
Tristan Mangold writes:
Today the new #AmigaFun homepage has gone online.

Despite some display errors with AWeb and some unsupported HTML tags with IBrowse, the page is displayed nearly identical everywhere.

#AmigaFun is an IRC channel which is at home on the Phat Net servers. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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01.Jun.2002
Czech Amiga News


Event: Extreme Computing Festival 2002 on 9th June
On 9th June 2002 the "Extreme Computing Festival 2002" will be held in London. This event offers a wide variety of themes from self-constructed robots over retro video games and Community Wireless Networking up to Japanese junk food. The Amiga sector will be represented by CAPS (The Classic Amiga Preservation Society). CAPS is an organisation which has made it its objective to collect and preserve Amiga originals, especially games.

CAPS will present itself and hand out a limited number of free copies of "Abandoned Places 2". Furthermore there will be a couple of Amiga games for playing on location.

Further information about this event and the list of exhibitors (a.o. also from the C64 sector) are available through the title link. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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01.Jun.2002
Martin Blom (Amithlon-ML)


Amithlon: Enforcer clone
Martin Blom (AHI) has developed an Enforcer clone for Amithlon. The tool can generate 680x0 as well as x86 hits. Amongst its features are:

  • 680x0 and x86 hits.
  • Reporting of read access to page 0 (with the natural exception of Exec Base address 4).
  • Support for SegTracker.
Enforcer is a debugging tool for Amiga computers for recognising illegal or unwanted memory access.

Download: run_elf-1.6.lha (sd) (Translation: cb)

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01.Jun.2002
Ruben Monteiro (Amiga Open-ML)


AmigaDE: Ogg Vorbis decoder "jorbis" (Java)
According to Ruben Monteiro in the Amiga Open mailing list, the Ogg Vorbis decoder "jorbis", which has been programmed in Java, runs under AmigaDE.

This decoder decodes the Ogg Vorbis audio stream into a file. For replay, an additional sound player is needed. Note: The player on the Jorbis site needs JavaSound and doesn't run under AmigaDE at the moment.

The Ogg Vorbis format is an Open Source audio format which is an alternative to MP3. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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31.May.2002
Mirko Naumann (E-Mail)


Workshop: Building in Busboard Mediator PCI 3/4000T (shortened)
Author: Mirko Naumann

With the Mediator PCI 3/4000T busboard Elbox offers a very good solution for owners of a A4000-T or A3000-T who wants to extend their Amiga with modern PCI-interfaces. The technical equipment is more than sufficient - the only disadvantage is the lack of an AGP-slot but which has none of the up to now available PCI-extensions.

Building in the board is much more difficult than Elbox writes it in its documentation. First you have to fix the board on the mainboard. For that Elbox delivers ten brass-coloured bolts with thread of which you need five for fixing the board. Unfortunately the gradient of the screws in my A4000-T did not fit with the one of the bolts.

Well, what is to do? I could not find matching screws at the PC-dealers and I did not want to cut the threads. So you have to remove the screws and to fix the bolts with matching nuts on the main board. It is also annoying that the board hides the connection of the clock-battery and of the internal speakers. By bending the contacts it works but thats not a professional solution which you can expect.

Here there are some useful links to this topic:
Remark of the editing stuff:
In this connection please read the paragraph ´Exclusion of liability´ in our Legal Infos. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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31.May.2002
InstallerNG Website


InstallerNG possibly becomes part of AmigaOS 4 (update)
The installing-tool InstallerNG of Jens Tröger possibly becomes part of AmigaOS 4.

Update: The word "possibly" has been added. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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31.May.2002
Chaos Computer Club


CCC: EU-parliament said yes to data retention
Despite of many protests the EU-parliament has agreed to loosen the data protection in the EU.

»The passed order "about the processing of personal data and the protection of the private sphere in the electronic communication" enables the memebership states to loosen the regulation of protection for data of connections to "carry out penal persecution and to save the national and public safety. Thus the way is free for the so called data retention.

Data retention means that the data of connections of the participant of the telecommunication are not only individually saved and kept after an official order but for all participants in advance and without a starting suspicion. Because of that the authorities can use also data which are far away in the past. Up to now the data of connections had to be deleted after 80 days after making the calculation.

Data protectors and people of the human rights warn before such a general data saving because thereby they say the fundamental rights for private sphere and freedom of opinion are endangered. Besides this such actions mean a turn away from the assumption of innocence because the data retention above all disadvantage the innocent poeple. Even the committee of the civil rights of the EU voted against it. The 16206 signers of a summons to the parliament refer to it.« (ps) (Translation: dr)

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31.May.2002
Steffen Nitz (ANF)


Version 1.25 of RunTime uploaded on Aminet
Steffen Nitz wrote:
I have just uploaded a new version of RunTime on Aminet. It could be take some days until the version will be published.

RunTime is a Computer-runtime-monitor which saves all possible data and shows them as beam-diagramms.

New in version 1.25:

  • Daily calculation of the average runtime of the computer but also of the annual and complete statistics.
Users who do not want to wait a day until the new version will be published on Aminet can contact Steffen.Nitz@t-online.de to get the version via email. Download: RunTime.lha (can still take some days until the file is available on Aminet). (ps) (Translation: dr)

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31.May.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)


Amiga Arena: Interview with Felix Schwarz (IOSPIRIT)
After we have not heard much of the software publisher "Innovative" we were surprised that on April the chief developer Felix Schwarz has come back with his newly founded company "IOSPIRIT" and new software-products!

Should this be a first sign of a change at the weakened Amiga market? In this interview Amiga Arena talks with Felix Schwarz about his reasons to go on developing for the Amiga market, about his new software products as well as further new developments.

Felix Schwarz explains how he has found a solution for himself to simultaneously support AmigaOS, MorphOS and emulators and how he is able to do something against not permitted copying.

I completely agree with Felix Schwarz when he says: "Negative signs, negative effect - postive thinking and good products, positive feedback. Let's tackle!"

Finally it is in the hands of the users if they want to set a sign by buying Amiga products and thus make further developments possible.

Direct link: Interview in German (ps) (Translation: dr)

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31.May.2002
Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck (E-Mail)


Thendic-France: First Pegasos Boards Shipped
Thendic-France has shipped within the planned time line the first Pegasos PPC computers with Yellow Dog Linux and MorphOS, and they announced a next version of a Pegasos handheld. Please read the press release:

Thendic-France SARL, a subsidiary of Pretory USA Inc. (OTC: PTRU), an emerging technology-based leader in security, detection equipment and medical devices, today announced that is has shipped the first Pegasos PPC computer. The Pegasos was developed by bplan GmbH of Frankfurt, Germany. Thendic-France SARL has acquired the rights to organize and manage the worldwide distribution of the Pegasos.

"We are very excited to be moving ahead with the Pegasos on schedule. We look forward to both developing a reseller network and a development community for the Pegasos. The next version of the Pegasos will be a handheld device and this important step moves us closer to our ultimate objectives," commented Raquel Velasco, Chairman of the Board.

Internet references can be found as follows:

(ps)

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31.May.2002
Dietmar Knoll (ANF)


AmigaOS XL: Experiences with the H&P Big-Tower 1800+ (Update)
Dietmar Knoll writes:
In my report, I describe the experiences I have made with the Big-Tower. Version 1.18 of the report finally contains the promised chapters, in which I more closely describe "AmigaXL" and "QNX". Furthermore, I included some links to the "Software" chapter and added the latest "Patches for Amithlon".

Note: The last update was released one month ago. Since the webserver of Compuserve is frozen since the beginning of May, I uploaded this update to Fortunecity, although this server is a bit problematic. In QNX-Voyager popups are generated, in Amiga-Voyager only ads are displayed instead of the images. Therefore, I recommend to use AWeb or Amiga-Voyager (with background images switched off). (ps)

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31.May.2002
Achim Stegemann (ANF)


Astronomy: Second developer-snapshot for Digital Almanac III
You can download the new beta version DA III v4.9beta from the DA-homepage (title link).

All users who want to install the beta version are asked to make a statement to the author about possible problems. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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30.May.2002
Volker Mohr (ANF)


Event: Classic-Computing 2002
Though it unfortunately fell through last year, the Classic Computing Convention is a go this year. This is made possible through our new host Manfred Schwab (Alias "C64-Doc"), who's going to organize the event. Your comments and enthusiastic assistance are welcome. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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30.May.2002
kdh news (ANF)


HIGHWAY USB card for Amiga is shipping now
The USB card HIGHWAY is available now. KDH Datentechnik has delivered the HIGHWAY board to customers and Amiga dealers who did pre-order the HIGHWAY card.

The scope of delivery includes the USB Stack Poseidon. The currently supported USB devices are listed here.

KDH offers you at a special bundle price the Memorycard-writer/reader device HexaMedia Drive from Lacie. This allows you to read in all pictures from your digital cameras into your Amiga and to change or print them with your favorite graphic program. (ps)

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30.May.2002
Sebastian Beloch (ANF)


Instant-Messenger: StrICQ v2.8.2 Released
On the 29th of May, 2002 Douglas F. McLaughlin released version 2.8.2 of his Instant-Messenger "StrICQ." A few mistakes were corrected in this version.

New: Offline messages now display properly

Download: STRICQv2.lha (ps) (Translation: dm)

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30.May.2002
Dirk Conrad (ANF)


Amiga MAS-Player 1.3f Update
A software update for the MAS-Player is now available. MAS-Player is a hardware solution for playing MP3s on less-powerful Amigas.

The MAS-Player Software contains a seldom encountered but serious bug! It happened to me as I was being the DJ at a party. Once or twice an evening the Amiga would bump into a skipping loop for a couple minutes, then come out of it. The problem appears to have been solved :-). (ps) (Translation: dm)

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30.May.2002
Golem - IT News


Golem: Threat of Full Control over the Internet
»Data-Protector: "Strike against the right to have unmonitored communications."

Today the German Upper House of Parliament is debating a measure which would require Internet and telecommunications providers to collect and store data of their customers. According to the Independent National Center for Data Security at Schleswig-Holstein such a law would totally upset the protection of personal data.«

See the title link for the complete article (German). (ps) (Translation: dm)

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30.May.2002
Eyetech Group


Eyetech Group: AmigaOne Update from 30th May 2002
Press release:
The AmigaOneG3-SE

The first model in our AmigaOne range is the AmigaOneG3-SE. This is in effect a 600Mhz G3 Amiga accelerator with built in 10/100 ethernet, USB, PCI/AGP interface and memory slots for up to 2GB of SDRAM. As well as being many times more powerful and at (UKP350/USD500/Euro600*) around half the price of the previously most powerful Amiga PPC accelerator (the phase 5 Cyberstorm PPC 604 240MHz).

In fact you can regard the AmigaOneG3-SE as a high performance accelerator that comes with a free, built in computer! This means that you no longer need an attached A1200 or special tower case if you only intend to run retargetable Amiga applications. (For hardware-hitting applications an interface card to connect an Amiga 1200 motherboard to the A1G3-SE a PCI card interface will be available from Escena). The A1G3-SE also comes with a full range of legacy peripherals, and will run PPC Linux (and PPC UAE) in addition to running the new PPC-only OS4 natively.

The AmigaOneG3-SE will not be shipped to end users until OS4 is ready, but boards for OS4 developers and beta testers are already out in the field.

Amiga Inc, Hyperion and ourselves have also decided to bundle OS4 directly with the boards which we ship to dealers, mainly to reduce shipping and handling costs - and that has resulted in a small overall price reduction to end users of the A1G3-SE + OS4 bundle to ukp 382.94*. There will be equivalent reductions on the dollar and euro prices of the bundle to usd550* and euro652.50*.

Finally it is important to note that the AmigaOneG3-SE is fully quality-validated and licensed by Amiga Inc to run OS4, with all licence fees/royalties paid. AI's licence terms also stipulate that all boards capable of running OS4 must ship with an OEM version of OS4 and must have built-in hardware protection to keep OS4 piracy to a minimum, and this has been built into the AmigaOneG3-SE from the outset.

A list of dealers who have already ordered demonstration / familiarisation boards is posted on our web site (www.eyetech.co.uk/amigaone/dealers.php). Don't worry if your favourite dealer is not listed - several have either missed the ordering window or decided to wait until the end user boards and OS4 is shipping. These dealers will be added to the list on our website at the time they order end user boards from us.

Although we are advertising the A1G3-SE as an entry-level machine, have no doubt with OS4 installed it will really fly. The 600Mhz 750CXe cpu that is shipped with it is effectively that fastest G3 cpu generally available and some PPC experts reckon it is likely to deliver several hundred times the performance of an '030/50 with many applications.

Planning for the next AmigaOne - the AmigaOne-XE

We have always said that the AmigaOneG3-SE was to be the first, entry level, board in a range of AmigaOne boards which we have planned to produce. Many people have asked us to give some outline details of what we have planned for later boards in the series. So here is a taster.

The next AmigaOne board we have planned is for an up-market (read more flexible but more expensive) addition to the range. Further details will be published here and on the AmigaOne mailing list at Yahoogroups at the appropriate time (but not before!).

One of the prime requirements is to provide a socketed cpu module so that user-upgradable performance enhancements can be made as and when faster and more complex chips - and operating system enhancements that use them - become available. Our engineers do not believe that the Intel Slot-1 socket (as planned for the original AmigaOne-1200) is really suitable because of the need to minimise trace lengths between cpu and SDRAM memory at higher clock speeds. In addition both the Intel Slot-1 socket and the Apple ZIF cpu socket are now obsolete and therefore not a sensible choice for a new product not yet launched.

So for the next version of the AmigaOne, the AmigaOne-XE, we have borrowed the latest cpu socket technology from Apple in the form of the purpose-designed ´Megarray´ socket. This means that we can make low cost, tightly coupled cpu modules using either G3, G4, dual G4, (and possibly G5 - but information on the G5 is still very sparce) technology - for use on the same AmigaOne-XE motherboard. Upgrading cpu power therefore only needs a simple module exchange. The prototype socketed AmigaOne-XE board and the associated plug-in G3 and G4 modules have already been built and tested.

But before you rush off and cancel your pending AmigaOneG3-SE orders to buy the AmigaOne-XE instead, bear in mind that this extra flexibility will come at a price, and until OS4 supports the G4´s Altivec coprocessor, without much performance benefit either. And at the moment, unless you are Apple, G4 cpu´s are on very tight allocation, which means that it will be several months before they are available to anyone other than Apple at a reasonable price. At the moment the target price for the AmigaOne-XE board with the single G4 700MHz cpu module is around UKP200/USD300/Euro350* more than the AmigaOneG3-SE - and possibly less if Apple´s demand for these cpu´s drops significantly when the G5 starts shipping.

So does this mean you should cancel your existing AmigaOne-G3 order and wait a few more months? Not at all. We anticipate a high private resale value of used AmigaOneG3-SE boards, but to take the uncertainty out of the process, we, and the majority of other AmigaOne dealers, will underwrite a trade-in value of your AmigaOneG3-SE during a period of 6 and 12 months after its purchase against the purchase of a new AmigaOne-XE with single G4 cpu module. (You are of course still at liberty to sell the board privately for a higher price!).

This trade-in will be at 75% of the current retail price of an A1G3-SE 6 months after its purchase falling by 1% per month (to 69%) at 12 months after its purchase. The board must be traded in to the original dealer where it was purchased, by the original purchaser, be in full working condition and be used as part payment against an AmigaOne-XE with a single G4 cpu module. Individual dealers may also opt to have their own trade-up scheme instead, so please check with them when making your original purchase. Finally this offer does not apply in conjunction with any other discount offer, such as that applied to the A1G3-SE developer boards.

If you´ve been sitting on the fence wondering whether to buy an A1G3-SE or to wait until an upgradable G4 AmigaOne is available, you can now have the best of both worlds. Order a new, low cost AmigaOneG3-SE now and upgrade within 12 months. What are you waiting for?

* Prices quoted exclude local taxes and shipping charges. (ps)

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30.May.2002
VGR


VGR: Mediator support page updated (PatchInt)
The worlds oldest Mediator support pages have been updated with PatchInt (and ResetInt) information. Mr. Matthew Allatt has released his PatchInt (and ResetInt) to the public.

He writes: "Dear sufferers of the SoundBlaster and FastEthernet lockup problem. If you have been using ResetInt for the last couple of days to clear these problems, then you may be getting fed up of having to run that program every time that error happens. I have now written a version, called PatchInt, which you can put in the user-startup. You need to run it with the line: "run <nil: >nil: PatchInt".

You can find information on PatchInt and all other Mediator programs on the 3rd Party Mediator Software Page. If you see a program missing email the information here: mediator@vgr.com. (ps)

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30.May.2002
Amigan Software


Tool: Report+ Version 5.51a
For users of the AmigaOS 3.9 is version 5.51 of Report+ available for download. With Report+ by Amigan Software can bug reports, Aminet readme files, autodocs and similar reports be done in an easy way. The program is freeware and supports the GUI systems ReAction and GadTools. Changes since version 5.51: bugfixes.

Download: ReportPlus.lha (349 KB) (ps)

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29.May.2002



New poll: How many hours a day are you using your computer?
This latest poll has its origin in the question how many hours a day our readers are sitting in front of and using their computers (privatly and for work). We are curious about the result. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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29.May.2002



amiga-news.de: There is a new board within our forum - Programming
Several times we were asked to establish a board for programmers within our forum. Finally Stephen Nitz convinced us to do so.

It is a common board all around programming and not related to any special language. Likewise beginners and advancers are both welcome to share, improve or acquire their knowledge. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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29.May.2002
Cyborg (ANF)


IRC-Client: BenderIRC version 1.5b9
BenderIRC went through several updates, for example the DCC routines got a GUI now. Benders main GUI is infinitely resizable now, at least the start bug is also fixed along with several other little improvements.

For version 1.6 there is still a PGP chat planned as well as some further improvements of the GUI and, of course, more plugins..

Hint: Please take a view to the history before you start Bender, the config has changed a little.

Download: BenderIRC.lha (ps) (Translation: ub)

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29.May.2002
IOSPIRIT (ANF)


IOSPIRIT brings USB-scanners to the AMIGA
Finally it's going to become a reality! Thanks to the continuous development of fxSCAN 4.0 you will be able to use current USB scanners, interesting both in price and technology, with the release of the latest version!

The required drivers will be made available seperatly in the "IOUSB Scanner Package" (IOUSB SP) with the appearance of fxSCAN 4.0. By building upon the IOUSB technology, it will be possible to use the drivers with both the Poseidon stack (Highway®, Subway®, MorphOS) and the stack contained in AmigaOS® 4.0.

The first driver will support Epson® scanners. Please have a look at the list of supported USB scanners on the fxSCAN- or IOUSB SP-subpages for supported devices.

ATTENTION: SPECIAL OFFER!! All those who preorder (no matter whether update or full version) fxSCAN 4.0 now, get the IOUSB Scanner Package for free!! This special offer takes effect for all already existing preorders, too.

Furthermore fxSCAN 4.0 does now support special scanner settings that may be available through the respective Betascan-drivers. This includes selection of scanner source (e.g. transparency unit or automatic document feeder) and the internal contrast-, brightness-, gamma- and black&,white-pattern-settings of the scanner. PNG is supported for saving now, too.

New screenshots and an updated "NEW in V4!"-list can be found at the fxSCAN-subpages.

The delivery of fxSCAN 4.0 might be delayed (if at all!) by a maximum of two weeks due to the new features and the required tests. Thus delivery should start by mid of July the latest. Thanks for your understanding. (ps)

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28.May.2002
Amiga Anywhere


Amiga Anywhere: Updated Art Avenue Puzzle Games / Easter Egg Contest
Technomages Announces Updated Art Avenue Puzzle Games and Easter Egg Contest. Read the Technomages release at the title link. (ps)

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28.May.2002
PowerD


Programming language: New moduls for PowerD 26.05.2002
As we have already reported in the middle of April version 0.19 alpha 6 of the programming language PowerD by Martin Kuchinka has been published. Now other moduls of Miklos Nemeth have been added like Betterstring, ID3Tag, MPEGA, NListTree, OpenURL, PopUpMenu und SpeedBar. You can find more information under the title link. (ps)

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28.May.2002
Rüdiger's MorphOS Programs


Spiel: ScummVM CVS Update
Rüdiger Hanke has released a new CVS snapshot of ScummVM for MorphOS. SCUMM is a programm for interpreting the old datafiles of the LucasArts Classic Adventures and makes them usable on Amiga. New in this version:
  • New: Sound now plays in stereo
  • Fix: Autosave did crash Simon the Sorcerer after five minutes
  • Fix: MidiEmu did not work when AMidi wasn't installed (not quite the purpose of it ...) - thanks to Michele
  • Fix: Monkey Island CD sound plays now also when CD is called "Madness" (previously name was assumed to be "Monkey1CD") - thanks to Henri
Download: ScummVM-CVS.lzx (236,8 KB) (ps) (Translation: gf)

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28.May.2002
CUCUG


CUCUG: Status Register May 2002
The Status Register is the monthly newsletter of the Champaign-Urbana Computer User Group. Dealt are current and important information regarding Amiga, Macintosh and PC as well as the computer industry. (ps)

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28.May.2002
SixK Port Page


Ports of SixK on new Web site 'Amiga Community'
In the last weeks was often reported about the port of the SDL library onto AmigaOS and MorphOS. The SDL library lets you code games and other multimedia products platform indepedent. SixK has now released new ports of games on his new website ´Amiga Community´ that are based on this library.

New games added in May 2002:

  • XSoldier V1.3 (Galaga-Clone)
  • Project: Starfighter V2 (2D-Space-Shooter)
  • Kobodeluxe V0.3 (2D-Space-Shooter)
  • Maelstrom V3.0.5 (Asteroids-Clone)
  • Ibreakout 2 V2.2.2 (Arkanoid-Clone)
  • Fly V0.3.0 (Starship-Shooter)


Other rubrics are:
  • Apache Tools
  • Several GCC-Tools
  • Techno/House Module
  • background pictures
(ps) (Translation: gf)

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28.May.2002
Gunnar Bernhardt (ANF)


Emulation: WinUAE 0.8.21 R4 released
WinUAE, the Amiga emulator for Win95, Win98, WinME, Win2K and WinXP, is available in version 0.8.21 release 4. A detailed list of the improvements and changes follows:

WinUAE 0.8.21 Release 4 (28.05.2002)
  • EXPERIMENTAL: added configurable input device (mouse, joystick, keyboard) support
  • EXPERIMENTAL: added OpenGL mode (for best results set lores and disable line-doubling)
  • printer support fixed (Bernd Roesch)
  • MIDI updates (Bernd Roesch, Alfred J. Faust)
  • custom chipset updates (Superfrog,Exile,Apocalypse,Rainbow Islands,Torvak the Warrior etc..)
  • CPU idle patch (no more 100% CPU usage)
  • HOME + F5 opens state restore dialog and SHIFT + HOME + F5 opens state save dialog
  • vsync updates (50/60/100/120 frequencies are now always selectable. Useful for Powerstrip users)
  • AVIoutput improvements (can be started later, stops when re-entering GUI)
  • Picasso96 updates. Mouse trails are now 100% fixed (Bernd Roesch)
  • refresh rate selection only affects Amiga display modes, Picasso96 always use default refresh rate
  • "16-bit mode detect" crash fixed
  • removed useless 8/16-bit sound selection. Sound output is now always 16-bit
  • sound lag compensation slider reimplemented. (if you have bad sound, move slider left until sound gets better)
  • build-in gzip and zip support (autoselects first adf-image or Amiga executable if zip contains multiple files)
  • executable to adf support, just "insert" Amiga executable in to floppy drive
  • improved external decompression support (xdms.exe)
  • configuration save option is now available even after emulation has been started
  • HD floppy image support in disk-tab
(ps)

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28.May.2002
Amiga Inc. Homepage (ANF)


New Screenshots of AmigaOS/4 online (HDToolBox Replacement)
Hello to all in the Amiga Community. As promised, here is our second in a regular series of screenshots as we come closer to releasing the brand new AmigaOS4.0. This series of shots demonstrates the vastly increased feature set of the OS4.0 replacement for HDToolBox. (ps)

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28.May.2002
Valwit (ANF)


TrueType Font Rendering: New ttrender.library
Grzegorz Kraszewski has released version 3.0 of his ttrender.library. Also new is the English Web site. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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28.May.2002
WHDLoad


Installer: WHDLoad - New packages (until 27.05.2002)
With WHDLoad you can install games you only can play on disks on your harddisk. The following games are added or updated:
  • 27.05.02 improved: SAS Combat Simulator (Code Masters) decruncher and keyboard features added
  • 27.05.02 new: Hilt 2 (Scorpius Software) done by Asman
  • 27.05.02 new: Zool 2 (Gremlin) done by Codetapper
  • 27.05.02 improved: Rocket Ranger (Cinemaware) misc changes
  • 27.05.02 new: Hunt for Red October (Grandslam) done by Bored Seal
  • 27.05.02 new: Gee Bee Air Rally (Activision) done by JOTD
  • 27.05.02 new: The Games: Summer Edition (Code Monkeys/Epyx/US Gold) done by Codetapper
  • 25.05.02 improved: Stack Up (Zeppelin Games) music delays added, colorbit fixed
  • 25.05.02 new: Starians (Amigo!) done by Bored Seal
  • 25.05.02 new: Peter Schmeichel Soccer (Zeppelin) done by Codetapper
  • 23.05.02 new: Alien Breed 3D II: The Killing Grounds (Team 17) done by Psygore
  • 23.05.02 new: Welltris (Spectrum Holobyte) done by Bored Seal
  • 23.05.02 new: Octagon () done by Bored Seal
  • 23.05.02 new: Apache Flight (Atlantis) done by Bored Seal
  • 23.05.02 new: World Class Leaderboard Golf (Access) done by JOTD
(ps) (Translation: gf)

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27.May.2002
Tales of Tamar


T.o.T.: New Amiga-Version V0.43 R3
Version 0.43 R3 of 'Tales of Tamar' for Amiga is now available for registered beta-users.

This new Amiga version was ported to gcc and is now a mixedbinary which means that it can contain PPC-code.

Besides some other new features and improvements the player is now able to use tradeships for transportation purposes. Infantry, cavalry, artillery, settler and scounts can be moved by tradeships to yet undiscovered islands.

  • NEW the sphere of influence can be expanded indefinitely
  • NEW invasion with the help of a fleet
  • NEW war can be spread over more than one island
  • NEW scouts can reconnoitre uninhabited isles
  • NEW settler can be send to uninhabited isles to found new cities
  • NEW players can flee from bigger enemies to start some where else from the beginning
(ps) (Translation: sk)

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27.May.2002
IOSPIRIT (ANF)


IOSPIRIT: Calibration targets for fxSCAN 4.0 and ICS
Scan like the props! You can now order professional calibration targets at a very low and attractive price that give you best scanning results when used together with ICS and fxSCAN 4.0.

And its easy to use, too! Just scan the target with your scanner and let ICS create a profile out of the result. From now on, you can automatically reach best and optimized results by selecting the ICS-filter in fxSCAN! The results are very close to the original template and mostly can't even be distinguished from it!

  • Meets the IT 8.7/2 and ISO 12641 standard requirements.
  • High color volume.
  • Printed on high-quality Kodak(R) Professional paper.
  • Meets the error tolerances required by the standard. Addmissible tolerance is 5 dE for reference files and 2 dE from CIE Lab for single measured targets. This target reaches an average of 0,3 dE in production!!
  • additional reference files for scanners with light picture background. The standard only requires reference files for black background.
  • also recommended for owners of older targets that may contain color errors after years!
(ps)

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27.May.2002
Thomas Igracki (ANF)


Tool: FSwatcher v1.5
An update of FSwatcher is now available. This update fixes a bug and a new AutoSize option was added. More details:

History v1.5 (26.05.02):
CHG: If you set 'Com=Command' to "" (empty string),
then no action button (named "!") will be created.
[suggested by Todd A. Oberly]

(23.05.02):
CHG: The value after "time: " now shows the time
since starting the download! Previously the
time when the file was last modified has been
used.

FIX: The "time: " value now also takes care of the
days part of the time, f.e. if a download
started before 00:00 o'clock, the time
was negative.

NEW: Added the magic-stackcookie, to ensure that
it get at least 16K of Stacksize! Shell
v45.6+ is needed for this!

NEW: There a now 2 executables in the archive,
one has a "_NoGuru" appended. This is like
the previous, it shouldn't cause a guru
if an error occured.
The other (w/o the suffix) has some checks
disabled, which reduces the filesize about
3000 Bytes and may cause gurus if an error
occured! The version string tells you which
version you have.

CHG: Removed shell arg SM=SizeMode, replaced by
AutoSize/T

NEW: New shell arg AS=AutoSize/T
If used (AutoSize = YES), the current size,
the filesize and the bps are shown in B
(=Bytes), if the size is < 1024 Bytes,
in KB, if the size is >= 1024 Bytes and in
MB, if the size is >= 1048576 Bytes!

CHG: Changed the gauge infotext a little bit.

CHG: Remove the alias EXIT for AUTOEXIT, it was
only introduced to use with AmiSat, till
AmiSat required FSwatcher v1.3+.

P.S.: Since 20th May 2002 there is an update of AmiSat[2] available on jah. This version supports the option AUTOEXIT=YES. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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26.May.2002
GFX-BASE


GFX-BASE: HBMonopoly review in French
Alexandre Balaban has translated the HBMonopoly review published on GFX-BASE to French. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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26.May.2002
Michael Böhmer (ANF)


USB-Poseidon: Compatibility list for Poseidon USB devices
Michael Böhmer writes:
After finishing HIGHWAY production, the included USB stack Poseidon by Chris Hodges has also been frozen for release. As a small orientation guide for those interested we are able to publish a first, naturally very incomplete list of USB devices which are supported by Poseidon in the included version.

For this we have to rely upon the help of the Amiga Community and are hoping that we will receive lots of responses from HIGHWAY owners regarding further devices to be included into this compatibility list. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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26.May.2002
Peter's Amiga Homepage


Printers: HP DeskJet 870C driver V40.20 by Peter Hutchison
On May 25th, 2002, Peter Hutchison has published version 40.20 of his printer driver for the HP DeskJet 800C series. This version of the driver now supports data compression for faster printouts.

The driver is suited for Workbench 1.3 through 3.1 and the HP DeskJet 800 series - the notable exception being the 820C, which is a Windows-only printer. In particular the driver runs with 87xC, 88xC and 89xC.

Supported resolutions are from 150 to 600 dpi (colour: up to 600x300 dpi, b/w: up to 600x600 dpi).

Printing systems like TurboPrint or Print Studio should not be used with this driver.

The archive contains binaries for 68000, 68020 and 68040.

Download: (sd) (Translation: cb)

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26.May.2002
Amiga Future


Tool: sgrab V1.21
On May 26th, 2002, Stephan Rupprecht published version 1.21 of his screen grabber "sgrab". There are the following changes compared to the previous version:
  • Bug fix: There was an Enforcer hit when the window list was being rebuilt (Todd A. Oberly).
  • New: The ILBM saver now supports PPC.


Download: sgrab.lha (182K), Readme (sd) (Translation: cb)

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26.May.2002
Amiga Future


A.D.A.: Demos - Killer/CNCD, Relic/Nerve Axis
On May 26th, 2002, two demos have been added to the Amiga Demoscene Archive (A.D.A.). The added titles are: The demos are available for the Amiga and as video for downloading and are introduced with pictures on their respective pages. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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26.May.2002
ANN


TechTV: Amiga Anywhere Entertainment Pack
A short text in English regarding the "Amiga Anywhere Entertainment Pack" by Amiga has been published on TechTV. The text contains information for which PDAs and at what price the package will be available, as well as a list of some game titles, and draws a final conclusion. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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26.May.2002
ANN


Magazine: Amiga Information Online (AIO) #59
Issue #59 of the English language Amiga online magazine "Amiga Informations Online (AIO)" has been published. This issue contains a.o. an interview with the Bitmap Brothers and acticles about The Feeble Files, Roketz, Pegathlon and Volume Meter. The complete table of contents can be obtained from the Readme.

AIO utilizes a custom display program and runs under AmigaOS V3.0.

Download: docs/mags/AIOV59.lha (822K), Readme (sd) (Translation: cb)

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26.May.2002
Matthias M. (ANF)


Event: Amiga Inside Party from 30.08.2002 to 01.09.2002
We are inviting for the next Amiga Inside, a party by and for Amiga users. From August 30th to September 1st 2002 there will once more be three days of Fun & Action in Hirsau. We will supply you with all important information that you should know about the party on our home page. Should you still have unanswered questions, don't hesitate to mail us.

The Amiga Inside doesn't think of itself as a pure LAN party where we sit in front of the computers for days on end playing one game after another. Mostly it is more trivial things that engage us there. Be it smaller problems, re-installations up to complete building/rebuilding of a computer, exchange of experience, workshops, presentations and of course talk amongst the users themselves. Naturally, Network games must not be missing at our place. You can view a few impressions of our first Amiga Inside in the archive on our home page.

Invited are all Amiga users and those interested from Germany and also beyond. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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26.May.2002
Emanuel Mair (ANF)


Petition: AmigaOS distribution policies and PPC hardware
PetitionOnline.com are hosting a petition aimed at Amiga Inc. to persuade them to move away from their presented distribution plans for AmigaOS4 based on compulsory licensing and compulsory OS/hardware bundling.

This is NOT originated in or aimed at any imaginary "camp". Its purpose is to help AmigaOS and POP/PPC hardware, regardless of manufacturer/distributor, to gain momentum with sane business practises and to remove obstacles against this based on unfounded technologically irrelevant restrictions imposed on third-party hardware designers and distributors. Zealots of either "side" are encouraged to leave the "Comments" field empty... (sd)

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26.May.2002
Jürgen A. Theiner (ANF)


play!Amiga: SoftwareTycoon preview
A preview of the game "Software Tycoon" from EPIC-INTERACTIVE has been published on play!Amiga. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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25.May.2002
Amiga Gebruikers Groep Friesland (ANF)


AmigaOne: First photo's from Leeuwarden (Update)
We did not expected it anymore but Computer City did a great job to show us the first AmigaONE 1.0a board in action at 15.00. There wasn't enough time to install a hard drive with Linux, as the board was Friday evening still in England, so at the moment you can only see the Openfirmware screen.

Enjoy the pictures at the title link.

Update 26.05.2002:
Update: According to Ole-Egil Hvitmyren, this board is not the final costumer version, but also not pre AmigaOne Board that Eyetech has shown before. This board is one of the 5 boards that are shipped to Computer City and 4 other people who accepted. The final boards will have 1 thing different from this AmigaOne 1.0a board... (ps)

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25.May.2002
MorphOS-News


Emulator: MAME V0.37B16 and V0.60 for MorphOS
Fabien Coeurjoly has published two new versions of MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) for MorphOS. You can find further information under the title link. (ps) (Translation: cb)

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25.May.2002
Heise [Newsticker]


Kim Schmitz: Trial before local court in Munich on Monday
Kim Schmitz is accused of having achieved illegal market profits in 11 counts by means of so-called insider information, and having netted 1.2 million Euros with shares of Dutch Internet company Letsbuyit.com. Furthermore, Schmitz is accused of investment fraud. The trial will take place before the local court in Munich on Monday.
Heise article see title link. (ps) (Translation: cb)

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25.May.2002
Bright Light Software


AC97Mixer V1.82 for Amithlon SB 128 sound card
Frank Fenn has published version 1.82 of the program AC97Mixer for Amithlon for the sound card SB 128. Currently ES1370, ES1371 and CT5880 chip sets are supported. The program allows adjustment of volume and balance for MASTER, AUX, CD, PCM as well as MUTE.

Download: ac97mixer.lha (ps) (Translation: cb)

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25.May.2002
DCR8520 Amigaports


DCR8520: Dicci V1.7, AnubisMUI and Mail.comFWD V0.2 beta
Spaniard Diego CR 'dcr8520' has updated his Web site at SourceForge with many of his Amiga ports. You will find there lots of small tools which alleviate the daily handling of many applications.

Updates:
  • Dicci version 1.7
    (Spanish dictionary and translation program)
  • AnubisMUI
    (graphical user interface for Anubis)
  • Mail.comFWD version 0.2 beta
    (program for forwarding e-mails)
(ps) (Translation: cb)

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25.May.2002
Sebastian Bauer (ANF)


New SimpleMail version (0.16)
The new version 0.16 of SimpleMail has been published. Changes:
  • Needs version 18.12 of NListtree
  • Faster mail list
  • Scroll bars in read window for Datatypes
  • Drag and Drop from read window to Workbench (needs OS3.9)
  • A couple of new config options on the receive mail page
  • Two new filter actions
  • Better cancel on send/fetch of mails
  • Bug fixes
Download: simplemail.lha (373 KB) (ps) (Translation: cb)

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25.May.2002
Kultpower.de (ANF)


Kultpower: 15 new AmigaJoker reviews of 1992
Finally there is once again a purely Amiga update with reviews of 15 Amiga classics: Amberstar, Another World, Das schwarze Auge - Die Schicksalsklinge, Double Dragon 3, Dynablasters, Elvira 2, Eye of the Beholder 2, Fire and Ice, Jim Power, Larry 5, Pinball Dreams, Project-X, Shadowlands, Wolfchild.

With this the number of AmigaJoker reviews has increased to 166. Have fun! (ps) (Translation: cb)

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