• Report about Amiga viruses and antivirus software.
• Descriptions of Exodus, Payback and Chimera (music album by Amiga musician).
• Reports about the Amiga Meeting 2001, and the Symphony Festival scene party.
• Interview with Bernd Meyer - author of Amithlon.
• Poll results: what polish users think about the new Amiga and PCI cards and slots.
• Reviews of AminetCD and PurePasic.
• Some competitions for readers with prizes like Amiga games, books and CDs.

I released a new version (1.1) of WB-Tools.

WB-Tools is a collection of arexx-scripts for adding additional functions to the workbench. These scripts are described in my workshop "Komfortabel: Workbench mit ARexx erweitern" published in issue no. 1/2002 of the Amiga-Magazin. WB-Tools is a invitation for programming your own addons. It is easy to install and to use it.

Features:

• Simple keyboardfunctions via WB-Keys: DEL delets the selected object, Enter opens the selected object, Backspace moves to the parent window, Escape closes the current window, furthermore there are the arrow-keys at the numberblock (with and without the shift-key). I do not reveal theire functions but these functions make the Workbench complete.
• Menu-functionen via WB-Menus: fix all open windows, Store and restore the psoitions of the open windows, close all windows.
• AmiDock-functionen via WB-Toolbar: compression of selected items (lha, lzx, zip), display the content of a lha-, lzx- or zip-archive, create a new drawer, rename.

Available versions of HSMathLibs and stormamiga.lib:

• HSMathLibs 881/82 V.44.50 beta 1 (14.02.01)
• HSMathLibs 040 V.44.50 beta 7 (27.01.01)
• HSMathLibs 060 V.44.50 beta 7 (27.01.01)
• stormamiga.lib for StormC V.45.00 beta 6 (22.12.01)
• stormamiga.lib for SAS/C V.45.00 alpha 5 (02.03.01)

We wish Petra and the whole amiga-news.de team a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, too.

Changes:

• ARexx: added lots of commands.
• Signatures can now be stripped when replying.
• Folder names are now rendered in bold when containing new mail.
• Improved the wordwrap while quoting.
• Option to not quote empty lines.
• Your address is filtered out when replying a multiple recipient email.
• Modified the STARTTLS code following the suggestions from Jörg Strohmayer.
• Every folder can now have a default recipient address.
• Can now import address books from YAM.
• Implemented CC support in the Compose Message window.

ARABIC: Saiid yom al-milaad wa senat jadiida
ARMENIAN: Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
AZERI-AZERBAIJAN: Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
BASQUE: Zorionstsu Eguberri. Zoriontsu Berri Urte
BULGARIAN: Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo. Tchestita Nova Godina
CATALAN: Feliç nadal i bon any nou
CHINESE-CANTONESE: Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
CHINESE-MANDARIN: Kung Ho Hsin Hsi. Ching Chi Shen Tan
CZECH: Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
DANISH: Glædelig jul og godt nytår
DUTCH: Prettige Kerstdagen en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar
ENGLISH: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
ESTONIAN: Roomsaid Joulu Phui ja Uut Aastat
FINNISH: Hyvää Joulua. Onnellista Uutta Voutta
FRENCH: Joyeux Noel et heureuse Anne
GAELIC-IRISH: Nollaig mhaith Dhuit Agus Bliain Nua Fé Mhaise
GAELIC-SCOT: Nollaig Chridheil agus Bliadhna Mhath Ur
GERMAN: Frohe Weihnachten und einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr
GREEK: Kala Khristougena kai Eftikhes to Neon Ethos
HAWAIIAN: Mele Kalikimake me ka Hauloi Makahiki hou
HEBREW: Mo'adim Lesimkha
HUNGARIAN: Boldog Karacsonyl es Ujevl Unnepeket
ICELANDIC: Gledlig jol og Nyar
INDONESIAN: Selamah Tahun Baru
IRISH: Nollaig shona diobh
IROQUOIS: Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut
Ojenyunyat osrasay
ITALIAN: Buon Natale e felice Capo d'anno
JAPANESE: Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
KOREAN: Sung Tan Chuk Ha
LATVIAN: Priecigus Ziemas Svetkus un Laimigu Jauno Gadu
LITHUANIAN: linksmu sventu Kaledu ir Laimingu Nauju Metu
LUXEMBURGHISH: Schéin Chrëschtdeeg an dudden
Rutsch an d'néit Joer
MANX: Ollick Ghennal Erriu as Blein Feer Die
Seihil as Slaynt Da'n Slane Loght Thie
NORSE-DANISH: Gledlig jul og godt Nytt Aar
POLISH: Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia i szczesliwego
Nowego Roku
PORTUGUESE: Feliz Natal e prospero Ano Novo
RAPA-NUI (Easter Island): Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi
Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
ROMANIAN: Sarbatori Fericite. La Multi Ani
RUSSIAN: Pozdrevly ayu sprazdnikom Rozhdestva Khristova
is Novim Godom
UKRANIAN: Veselykh Svyat i scaslivoho Novoho Roku
SAMOAN: La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
SLOVAK: Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
SERB-CROATIAN:Sretam Bozic. Vesela Nova Godina
SINGHALESE (Ceylon/Sri Lanka): Subha nath thalak Vewa
Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
SLOVENE: Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto
SPANISH: Feliz Navidad y prospero Ano Nuevo
SWEDISH: God Jul och ett Gott Nytt År
TAGALOG (Filipino): Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon
TURKISH: Yeni yiliniz kutlu olsun
WELSH: Nadolic Llawen. Blwyddn Newdd Dda

• New catalogs (Russian, Polski, Deutch,latvian, Norsk ...)
• New effects: Relief, Sharpen, Fiber, Stone, Glass.
• New text effect: Stamp, Stamp2 and FlatShade (from Markus Castro)
• New Arexx Box script: CreatePlanete.rx (from Markus Castro)
• New picture effect: Rotate any Angle
• New tools: Correct Picture Rotation
• New 'Movie factory' effect: Blur, Horizontal BLur, Vertical Blur
• Improve some effects: Much faster
• Improve antialiasing: Much faster and better aspect
• Improve Polar Coordinates
• Fix an EnforcetHit with the requester palette and PopupMenu
• Stone, Fiber and Liquid can use now Color Gradient with transparency.
• Fix some bug with animation.
• Improve Control requester: Much Faster, New mode: Maximum, Minimum, threshold, Multiply, Screen and Exclusion.
• Improve VisualPrefs compatibility (I think I fix the problem, on some configuration, about garbage in main window when you resize it from a reduced view to the original size)
• With the help of NewIcon.library, PfPaint can now load standard Icon; load and save NewIcon.
• You can change the amount of transparency of the popupmenu.
• Fix a bug with the TTF font (and the TTFlib).
• Fix a bug with the 'Page size' requester.
• All effects are now stored in an asynchron window, it's much easy to select an effect.
• Brush can be saved in PPM and sculpt format (separate raw alpha,red,green and blue file)
• In Zoom mode, picture is always centered.
• Saving with thumbnail newicon works well now.
• Arexx command to save Icon: pp_SaveIconFor file type.

• fixed deadlock problems with multiple PING responses
• improvements for dealing with the new V3 RIPE database
• improvements in WHOIS network prefix lookup tables

• netinfo_211.lzx (163K)
• netinfo_211.lha (198K)

• Fixed AGA display for YUV221111 based codecs.
• Fixed display scaling on CGFX for YUV221111 based codecs.
• Added support for MP3 hardware decoders, added MP3HW CLI/tooltype argument.
• Added PUBSCREEN CLI/tooltype argument.
• Fixed 8-bit window display for YUV221111 based codecs.
• DITHER is now default direct color emulation mode for 8-bit display.
• VIDEOCHANNEL and AUDIOCHANNEL CLI/tooltype arguments.
• Some speed improvements in DivX;-) codec.
• Added DEPTH24 CLI/tooltype argument for 24-bit output on fullscreen.
• Few bugfixes in QT parser.
• Fixed crash on last frame on animation.
• Fixed some problems in RainbowRunner codec.

• -- the "amigancp.library" providing all the network I/O functions.
• -- the AmigaNCP-FileSystem providing transparent access to Psion files from the AmigaDOS environment. Includes transparent charset translation feature and possibility to store icons on the Amiga side for full workbench integration.
• -- the AmigaNCP-FileServer providing transparent access to Amiga files from the Psion side with optional on-the-fly character conversion.
• -- a print server allowing to print directly from your Psion to a printer connected to your Amiga.
• -- full developer documentation and associated material to faciliate NCP services from within your own applications.

• -- AmigaOS 2.04 or better (localization supported).
• -- the IBM-PC version of the 3-Link cable.

• -- Amiga to Psion clipboard transfer now working (S5/EPOC32 mode only)
• -- fixed ACTION_SET_DATE and ACTION_SET_PROTECT for S5/EPOC32 mode

• All known errors removed.
• The functions getpid, flock, cot and pow2 added.
• The functions strtol and strtoul rewritten.
• Better support of StormC V4.
• Support of StormC V2 removed.
• Some changes in the include files done.
• Guide and installer script revised.
• Some other small things done.

• pci.library ver.5.0
• MediatorNET.device ver.2.4 (Ethernet 10Mbps PCI cards)
• Voodoo.card ver.2.10 (Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3/4/5 PCI graphic cards)
• Virge.card ver.1.4 (S3 ViRGE, S3 ViRGE DX PCI graphic cards)

• sb128.audio ver.4.5 (SoundBlaster PCI128 sound cards)
• Voodoo.card ver.4.11 (Voodoo4 and Voodoo5 PCI graphic cards)
• mixer.library ver.1.3 (SB128, FM801, SB Live!, SB Audigy sound cards)
• tv.library ver.1.5 (TV tuner cards)
• FastEthernet.device ver.1.4 (10/100Mbps FastEthernet cards)

• Three environment variables from ENV:ppclibemu will be recognized: IgnoreNOCACHEM68K, Debug, NoFreePatch and NoELFPatch (set != 0 to activate).
• Library init swaps to an own 16K stack, to prevent problems with limited ramlib stack size.
• Fixed bugs in __floatdidf, __floatdisf, __floatunsdidf and PPCDivs64/PPCDivs64p/__divdi3.
• PPCGetTaskAttr() supports more tags: PPCTASKTAG_NAME, PRIORITY, STACKSIZE, INPUTHANDLE, OUTPUTHANDLE, ERRORHANDLE, ELFOBJECT.
• New utility "ppclibemu_install" to load library into memory, replaces LoadSeg.
• PPCCreateTask() behaves like exec.library's CreateTask() now.
• PPCMsgPort is more similar to a real MsgPort.
• PPC task termination routine will no longer free all memory.

• Vehicles can now be added to custom maps.
• Added high score tables to rampage mode.
• Improved vehicle textures.
• In multiplayer mode, your kills will now go negative if you commit suicide with zero kills.
• Added sparks when two vehicles scrape against each other.

• The sound plugin now enables voice and sound output via AHI.
• RAM cache system reworked.
• CLI programs can be executed with the "Extern" command.
• Single character animations are only loaded if required.
• Animations now appear as fast as if the engine would run at 20 fps (no frames skipped)
• The scroll text in sequences now also moves with constant speed, independant of the actual number of fps.
• No more mouse pointer in sequences, anymore.
• Characters can be displayed that far on top of the screen, that e.g. only the feet are visible (this would have caused graphic erros in the past).
• Running characters will reach their target point accurate on pixel (previously only roughly).
• Animated objects can be displayed as still picture, whereas the single picture to be viewed can be set using Inga-Skript (see compendium under "Objekt-Standbild").
• Objects "bound" to the mouse pointer are now displayed along with thier animation.
• PlugIn system reworked (safer now).
• PlugIns can be disabled by thier options (tooltypes).
• Miscelleanous little bugs fixed.

• a) get the XAD package (remember this is shareware)
• b) install xadmaster.library and accompaning files
• c) place the c: directory files in c:
  there will be a file called 'c:xadunfile'
• d) start VirusChecker-II and go to the prefs
• e) add/edit for ZIP:
  Name: ZIP
  Offset: 0
  Data: PK
  Command: c:xadunfile "%s" "%s"
• f) save your settings, and you will be finished

• a) get the XAD package (remember this is shareware)
• b) install xadmaster.library and accompaning files
• c) place the c: directory files in c:
  there will be a file called 'c:xadunfile'
• d) start VirusZ and go to the archive options
• e) add/edit for ZIP:
  Name: ZIP
  Offset: 0
  Data: 'PK'
  Command: c:xadunfile %f %P
• f) save your settings, and you will be finished

• "quick traceroute": Sends a series of packet in quick succession to get a route overview very fast, then does accurate timings for the individual hops
• "ping": Sends a sequence of ICMP ECHO packets to a host to measure network latency and stability.
• graphical display of hop min/last/max timings for TRACE
• graphical display of ping times for PING
• integrated smart WHOIS function: double-click on a IP, Host or Network column to automatically receive WHOIS information for the given object. NetInfo determines the WHOIS host to query.
• automatically retrieves WHOIS network information for hosts
• automatically scans destination host for Web (HTTP) and FTP server versions
• history for all queried hosts
• integrated FINGER client
• integrated "classical" WHOIS client with on-disk cache
• ARexx port

Damage                               Votes

Netzteil - power supply              48     (8.42%)
Festplatte - hard disk               70    (12.28%)
Hauptplatine - mainboard             33     (5.79%)
Turbokarte - accelerator card        24     (4.21%)
Grafikkarte - graphic card           11     (1.93%)
Tastatur - keyboard                  16     (2.81%)
Maus - mouse                         36     (6.32%)
Diskettenlaufwerk - floppy           24     (4.21%)
Monitor - monitor                    26     (4.56%)
Kabel - cable                         7     (1.23%)
A3000                                 7     (1.23%)
Bhudda A4k                            1     (0.18%)
nix Glückspilz ;-)                   39     (6.84%)
CD Brenner                           15     (2.63%)
RAM                                   5     (0.88%)
CDROM, ZORRO BOARD, BUDDHA            4     (0.70%)
CONTROLER, A1200 MOTHERBOARD
Daughterboard                         1     (0.18%)
Hauptplatine - Eigenverschulden       7     (1.23%)
Scanner                               2     (0.35%)
A4000                                 9     (1.58%)
Nothing!                             19     (3.33%)
A1200                                 8     (1.40%)
ZIP-Laufwerk                          5     (0.88%)
PPC 604                              20     (3.51%)
Flickerfixer A3000                    1     (0.18%)
iMac                                  1     (0.18%)
FlickerFixer A4000 von COMP SERV      1     (0.18%)
Glühbirne                             4     (0.70%)
Zorro IV-Board                        3     (0.53%)
catweasel zorro2                      1     (0.18%)
Uhren-Akku                           14     (2.46%)
silversurfer                          1     (0.18%)
CDROM                                14     (2.46%)
G-Rex 1200                            2     (0.35%)
Grafikkarte-Eigenverschulden          3     (0.53%)
Hypercom 3+                           3     (0.53%)
PC-Mainboard                          1     (0.18%)
Drucker                               4     (0.70%)
X-Surf                                2     (0.35%)
A2000 Mainboard (Eigenverschulden)    2     (0.35%)
Floppy-Disk                           2     (0.35%)
BlizzPPC Flashrom                     2     (0.35%)
floppy buffer chips on A4000 mboard   1     (0.18%)
IOblix 1200PAR                        1     (0.18%)
IDN-Blaster durch Blitzschlag         2     (0.35%)
Idefix...                             3     (0.53%)
BlizzPPC Board                        7     (1.23%)
Mainboard 1200 + FastATA              1     (0.18%)
(mit BVision kurzgeschlossen)
CyberstormPPC                        11     (1.93%)
Lyra Tastaturinterface                1     (0.18%)
Ariadne2                              1     (0.18%)
serial device - Blitzschlag           1     (0.18%)
zukunft des AMIGA                     7     (1.23%)
CPU FAN for 604                       1     (0.18%)
Mroocheck                             1     (0.18%)
keine                                 7     (1.23%)
Trackball                             4     (0.70%)
Mein A4000/40 machte nie Zicken       1     (0.18%)
seit Jahren kein Hardwareschaden     11     (1.93%)
Hardwareschaden? Was ist das?         4     (0.70%)
2 A500, 1 A1200 + 1 A4000PPC -
alles funktioniert immer noch
problemlos! (Verschleißteile
wie Joysticks & Mäuse nicht
mitgerechnet)
Wackelige Joystick-Buchse             1     (0.18%)
im A2000 hat aufgegeben...
A4000 Paula                           1     (0.18%)
Interface Ateo for keyboard           1     (0.18%)
A590                                  1     (0.18%)
Oktagon SCSI (Hitzetod)               1     (0.18%)
Tandem CD+IDE-karte                   1     (0.18%)
Iomega Jazz 1GB SCSI                  1     (0.18%)

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• 14.12.01 improved: Rocket Ranger (Cinemaware) key to display codes added
• 14.12.01 new: Prime Mover (Psygnosis) done by Psygore
• 14.12.01 improved: Great Courts 2 (Blue Byte) another version added, save player fixed
• 14.12.01 new: Alfred Chicken (Twilight/Mindscape) done by Codetapper

• Canon S500/630/6300
• Epson Stylus C60,C70,C80, Photo 810
• HP DeskJet 92x, 94x, 96x

AmTALK II has the following features:

• fully multithreaded for several talk sessions at once.
• auto answer facility to accept talk requests and store incoming messages. Can be triggered manually or by a user-definable timeout. Optional auto answer information icon on workbench displaying number of new and unread messages.
• "Locate" function to locate an AmTALK II user on a dynamic IP address even if you don't know the exact IP number he is using right now.
• history of last used talk addresses for easy access.
• user configurable sounds for notification of incoming talk requests and successfully established talk links and more...
• userlist to store frequently used talk partners, with aliasing for easy talk start and specificable access privilleges (override auto answer, refuse/ignore always, locate always etc.)
• can be started from inetd, or reside resident in the background, activated by hotkey.
• supports clipboard Copy & Paste from talk windows.
• keeps a full log of incoming talk requests.
• supports session log save in ANSI or plain text mode
• nice and friendly GUI to start talks, control operation and configuration
• handles incoming talk requests with "wrong" usernames gracefully.
• keyboard resethandler to gracefully close active talk requests upon a soft reset.
• works with Genesis, AmiTCP, Miami and as225r2-derived TCP/IP stacks.

• Xrick - A Rick Dangerous game using SDL. Work for 68k and Mos (Except if you have a Mediator + P96 like me for Mos).
• Supertux - A platform game using SDL. Don't remember if it works, but it should.
• Sdlroids - An asteroid clone game using SDL.
• Mangoquest - A GL game using SDL - not fully tested.
• Glaxium - An openGL game using SDL.

• 10.12.01 improved: Santa's Xmas Caper (Zeppelin) requires less memory
• 10.12.01 new: Raffles (The Edge/Softek) done by Bored Seal
• 10.12.01 improved: Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (Lucasfilm Games) support for another version added
• 08.12.01 new: Santa's Xmas Caper (Zeppelin) done by Codetapper
• 08.12.01 improved: Total Football (Domark/Acclaim) minor changes
• 08.12.01 improved: Rocket Ranger (Cinemaware) more compatibility
• 08.12.01 improved: Operation Thunderbolt (Ocean) highscore saving, trainer added, several other changes
• 08.12.01 new: Joe Blade (Players Software) done by Codetapper
• 08.12.01 fixed: Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (Lucasfilm Games) stuck in students class
• 08.12.01 improved: Future Wars (Delphine Software) small fixes
• 08.12.01 new: Abandoned Places 2 (ICE) done by JOTD
• 02.12.01 new: Woody's World (Vision) done by Codetapper
• 02.12.01 new: Wings (Cinemaware) done by JOTD
• 02.12.01 new: Kikugi (Image Tech) done by CFOU!
• 02.12.01 fixed: Future Wars (Delphine Software) small bug fixed
• 30.11.01 new: The Three Stooges (Cinemaware) done by CFOU!

• Simple and clear graphical user guide.
• Automatic bootblock virus recognition.
• Settings can be saved to preferences file.
• Multitasking capable.
• Automode: efficient and fast copying.
• Copying via remote data transmision.
• Backup your software on HD or similar!
• HD floppy disks are accessed like DD floppy disks.

• SIEGFRIED Copy 1.9SE -> 2.2
  • Update with manual in AMIGA-Guide.
  • Update with printed manual.
  • Update with printed manual + passive copying hardware.
  • Update with printed manual + electronic copying hardware FLASH1.
• SIEGFRIED Antivirus Professional 1.6SE -> V1.8
  • Update with manual in AMIGA-Guide.
  • Update with printed manual.

• Bosanski
• Catala
• Czech
• Dansk
• Espanol
• Francais
• Italiano
• Magyar
• Nederlands
• Polski
• Portugues
• Portugues-Brasil
• Russian
• Slovensko
• Srpski
• Suomi
• Svenska
• Turkce

• Once more added some new security features to the library. It will now try to self-defend after alien attacks, only if these efforts fail, the library gets disabled.
• Added recognition for 2 demo files that I call 'Anti-UAE Trojan'. Their code checks for UAE systems and in case it finds one will delete important files. Thanks to Jan Andersen for sending the demos to me.
• Added recognition for a MS-DOS strain of 'Bastard Installer'. Thanks to Jan Andersen for the file.
• Added recognition and repair code for 'Bobek 3' linkvirus. Thanks to Zeeball for sending me an infected file, even though it was accidentally :-)

• announced support for OOP4A project
  (more: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bridge/5737/)
• on some occasions (when no external references used), phxass produced executable directly without the intermediate object file, that PowerD requires
• all the LIBRARY definition only modules made an error, fixed
• bugfixes reported by Michel Bagmeijer
  • pr2m: some string fixed and at last translated from E to D :)
  • removed few enforcer hits

• Included a real manual at last. Thanks to David Rey!
• SMTP over SSL.
• POP3 connections can be made secure with the STLS command now. (RFC 2595)
• Primitive ARexx-port.
• Support for playing sounds.
• Taglines, the last %t in the signature will be replaced by a tagline.
• Folders holding unread mails are hilighted now.
• Localization.

• Enhanced installation script, which now asks in advance if the exsample charts shall be installed.
• The depot manager now got its final form, you can already buy and sale, more actions are planned (share splits, etc.).
• Slightly enhanced design, more detailed program messages.