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13.Apr.2000
Andreas L. in ANF


Pokémons now as Amiga icons
Elastic Images is offering some of the well-known (?) Pokémons as WB icons (OS 3.5 only). The sets are available in two sizes (for resolutions of 1024x768 + and for smaller screens).

Special Pokémon icon sets for the 'Scene-Handler' by Alex Kazik are also available on the Movieshop software sote. Additionally, we have some new downloads on the subject MovieShop to offer. (Translation: mb)

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13.Apr.2000
Michael Ritter by e-mail


amiga-news.de included in the webcharts at gutesites.de :-)
You will be happy to hear that your site has been added to the Web Charts. More precisely, to the charts of the Good Sites Germany.

The web charts can be found at http://www.gutesites.de/ and http://www.schlechtesites.de/. There is an option to rate the listed websites. As you can see, there is also a chart for especially bad sites. This area can only be called "unbelievable". ;)

Oh yes, we are happy :-) If you want, you can rate amiga-news.de. We are very keen to see the results. In the right hand menu, we placed a little banner with link, so our readers can rate us at a later time. (ps)

Added afterwards:
Within a few hours, over 250 people have rated our site, and in no time boosted us to rank #1. Thanks for the great ratings :-). (ps) (Translation: mb)

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13.Apr.2000
Andreas Falkenhahn by e-mail


Airsoft Softwair website has moved
The Airsoft Softwair website has just moved: All files are now on a SpacePorts.com server, which is much faster than Fortunecity.de, and !free of ads!. The redirect at http://airsoft.home.pages.de now directly leads to the new page, with the URL http://phobos.spaceports.com/~sfa/ (title link). The pages at Fortunecity.de will be removed in the next days. (Translation: mb)

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13.Apr.2000
ideaEDGE


ideaEDGE Ventures
Interesting, interesting! This company will be "Creating a New Generation of Internet Companies".

What's so interesting about it? The founder's names:

Jim Collas - Managing Partner, Post-PC Solutions
Rick LeFaivre - Managing Partner, Technology
Dan Pittard - Managing Partner, Business and Finance
Tom Schmidt - Managing Partner, B2B Solutions and Infrastructure

Also interesting is that the index site (title link) pictures the Boing ball texture in the leftmost picture of the line. This leaves room for many speculations I don't like participating in, but if Jim Collas supports AMIGA - in whatever way - I would very much wellcome this :-))). (ps) (Translation: mb)

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13.Apr.2000
Achim Stegemann in ANF


Digital Almanac contest
The aothor of Digital Almanac has started a contest. All star watchers with some imagination and creativity can participate. It is a graphics contest for the nicest logos and GlowIcons for DA.

Prices are the DA II CD-ROM, a keyfile for DA II (Aminet) or a free update to the upcoming DA III. Detailed information can be found here. (Translation: mb)

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13.Apr.2000
Jens Langner by e-mail


AmIDE Beta version 0.2b released
The first public beta version of AmIDE has been released. AmIDE is a so-called "Integrated Development Environment", helping you in maintaining, editing and compiling your projects. The MUI graphical interface is used for this. In the current beta, AmIDE supports the SAS/C compiler, but in the final version, other compilers like Storm-C or vbcc will also be supported.

With AmIDE it is possible to work on several projects simultaneously, and compile them parallel. AmIDE is written completely object oriented, ensuring a high level of flexibility and expandability. In the future, more user requests will be implemented, and more compilers supported.

Wim AmIDE, the author hopes to finally bring a decent developer environment to the Amiga which can compete with other IDEs like KDevelop for KDE. A direct editor support for GoldED will also be implemented in the next version. Jens Langner will probably present AmIDE on the Amiga-Atari show in Neuss, Germany, on June 10th / 11th. (Translation: mb)

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13.Apr.2000
Andreas Kleinert by e-mail


akDatatypes for MorphOS
Special versions of the akDatatypes are planned for MorphOS. From a developer point of view, MorphOS is an excellent platform for future Amiga PPC applications. Since registrations have decreased by 80%, but PPC apps make up 90% of all registrations, focussing completely on MorphOS seems likely - as a last-ditch attempt to give an impulse to the remaining market.

Added afterwards: As a small addition to my recent MorphOS statement - which might have been misleading in that point - I'd like to add the following: although special akDatatype versions for MorphOS are planned, already the current PPC datatypes (and most likely all other of my PPC applications, although not yet tested entirely) will run without any modifications. The special MorphOS versions just are for gaining extra speed and dropping old 68k/WOS/PPC ballast overboard. (Translation: mb)

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13.Apr.2000
Rene König by e-mail


hardhacks.de
In the meantime, much has changed at AmigaHardHacks! We created a new domain at www.hardhacks.de, because we will now also support other systems like Linux, Macintosh and Newton. The design was changed completely to speed up loading.

But there is much to do! So we are looking for people who have the time and motivation to participate in creating hardhacks.de! If you are interested, send an e-mail to: rene.koenig@hardhacks.de. We also welcome suggestions for improvement! (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
Amiga Sector One


New Games at Amiga Sector One
At Amiga Sector One you can find lots of legal games for Amiga emulators. The author is only releasing games being either freeware or PD, or for which he owns an explicit individual allowance.

If you own a PC in the meantime, and want to get the Amiga feeling again, you should have a look at it. New are games like "Das Boot", "688 Attack Sub", "Omega", "Bop'N Plop" and "Diplomacy 2". (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
KDH


KDH News
The recently announced "Mroocheck PC Mouse Adapter" is now available from KDH, too. The Mroocheck Interface is a microprocessor-driven adapter for connecting PC mice (cordless, too) and trackballs to the Amiga. The interface is plugged between mouse port and PC mouse. More details at the title link (German). (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
Tumult


MUI MMC-Class News
On their website, Tumult is collecting information on all MUI MCC classes. If you want to update your MUI MCC classes, you have come to the right place. Current news is that a new archive including source code has been created for HexEdit.mcc by Miloslaw Smyk, and that NewImage.mcc by Matthias Bethke has been renamed to Guigfx.mcc. (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
SoftCinema


SoftCinema website has moved
The SoftCinema website is now available at http://www.amiga.pl/softcinema/. Please adjust your bookmarks. (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
amiga-news.de


Photogenics 4.5 beta for Linux available
Read the details in the press release. (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
NordicGlobal


New version of the Z2-DP8390 MNI driver
The new version of the Z2-DP8390 MNI driver supports X-Surf, and performance of the Ariadne-II has been improved.
Download: z2-dp8390.lha (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
HydraBBS


HydraBBS Source Code available
The source code for HydraBBS is now available for download. The author, Dominic Clifton, gives permission to continue developing the program, but you must not charge a fee for it. However he contradicts himself in saying also that he wants a full version if parts of his program are used in commercial or shareware products. This seems to be more a basis for talks... ;-)

Supplement 13.04.2000:
In the Amiga News Forum, Dominic Clifton clarified the conditions for using the HydraBBS source code:
If you want to continue development of HydraBBS, you should present the version to Dominic prior to release, if possible. You must not sell the product.
If you use parts of HydraBBS in your own program, or use the source code as a basis for own ideas for other BBS programs, Dominic recieves a full version of that program. (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
Amity


RoboticsDP Developer Packet released
With the Robotics Developer Packet (RDP) version 1.0, programmers can breathe live into robots, automats and moving devices. RDP works with the minissc.library. Aside from the library, the packet contains a complete documentation, the necessary source codes and the RDP developer manual.
Download: RoboticsDP.lha - 771 Kb (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
Fun Time World


Nintendo64 Emulator: TrueReality version 990629.3 released
Download: TrueReality.lha (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
Fun Time World


LamePPC (WarpUP) version 3.70 released
The author explicitly mentions the possibility of crashes when encoding MPEG2 streams.
Download: lame.lha - 189 Kb (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
CGrX


CyberGraphX V5
The new CyberGraphX V5 page is now online. CGX V5 will be the PowerPC version of CGX V4, and will run under MorphOS. (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
Markus Fellhauer in ANF


AOL-Client AmigaAIM: New beta version 0.9348 released
Download: AIM_BETA.lha (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
Rolf Roth in ANF


PlayGUI version 2.7 released
The new version 2.7 of PlayGui (GUI Add-On for HippoPlayer/Play16) is available now from the support website. New: Miniplay (skin only shows the player gadgets), modules can be copied by menu, buttons can be "hidden" so only the skin is displayed, and a small bug fix concerning the new version of PLone (under construction).
Download: PlayGUI.lha - 510 Kb (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
Holger Kruse by e-mail


MiamiDeluxe 1.0c released
NordicGlobal announces the release of MiamiDeluxe version 1.0c. Read the complete press release, which describes all new features of the TCP/IP stack for Internet and LAN. Download area. (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
Andreas Mixich by e-mail


Aminet Virus Warning
The 46 Kb archive imaged.lha from gfx/misc, described with Add your own description to images!, contained a file named InstallerFX. This file is infected with the HappyNewYear96 virus.

The virus is recognized by VT Schutz, VirusExecutor and VirusCheckerII, and can be removed with these programs, too.

The file has already been removed from Aminet, and they are right now checking how the file went through the virus check all uploaded files have to pass. (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
Frank Mariak by e-mail


New MorphOS overview
In the Files & links area, there is a new overview about the functionality of MorphOS and the AmigaOS 68k emulation / extension included. This should clarify several points. (Translation: mb)

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11.Apr.2000
Marek Funk via Email


Pictures from the Amiga Meeting in Lodz
On 8 April in Lodz, Poland, a session was organised to cover current issues related to Amiga computers. The panel presentation was held for the Amiga OS3.5 system, with introduction of the MakeCD program and presentation of Linux as an alternative for the AmigaOS following.
Much interest was aroused in the meeting and discussion with authors of the "Amiga Vademecum" manual. Visitors had the opportunity to meet the editor of the new Amiga-dedicated magazine: "eXec". New products from ELBOX were on show: the FastATA ZORRO IV controller and the "Mroocheck" mouse interface with support for wheels. (Translation: mb)

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11.Apr.2000
LinuxInfo.de via email


LinuxInfo.de: Report iOffice2000 - System independant Groupware solutions
LinuxInfo.de, a free information service for German language information and documentation concerning Linux, has published a report an concerning Groupware solutions iOffice2000. The important aspect of this Groupware solution is the system independant design of the client software, because it is exclusivly Web based and the wide support available for Linux server applications. (Translation: mb)

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11.Apr.2000
Andreas Maeegerl via Email


AmigaFuture: Interview with XTeam Software Solution
I the section Action of the AmigaFuture you will find an interview with the italien software company Xteam Software Solution. They mainly develop games and multimedia applications for Amiga & PC. (Translation: mb)

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11.Apr.2000
Mario Klier via Email


tecChannel.de: Can Amiga succeed at a Comeback?
Alltogether there have been 24 such promises since Gateway purchased the Amiga technology and patents, but Gateway allowed the hardware to fall 4 generations behind current existing systems. Then they fired the manager in charge of the Amiga project (Jim Collas) Now the rights and technology lies with a new company named Amiga. Why should things now be any different? Why should anyone believe that this antiquated platform has a chance in today`s marketplace, regardless of how ingenious it is adapted? Who is behin this new company? Read Micheal Swaine`s answers via the Titlelink. (Translation: mb)

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11.Apr.2000
Guenther Klug v. Biedermann via Email


Met@box closes deal for sale of 500,000 Multimedia Boxes
Met@box International Inc. a 100% subsidiary of Met@box responsible for international operations has closed a strategic alliance with a foreign corporation. The agreement covers multimedia-Set-Top-Boxes and Server technology valued at over 500,000,000 DM.

Met@Box Inc. has thus achieved a further step in secureing markets for its Internet-TV concepts. The foreign corporation, that at this time wishes to remain unnamed has closed on a deal for 500,000 digital multimedia-Set-Top-Boxen valued at around 500,000,000 DM. The agreemant also includes , after a pilot project - together with the Deutsche TelekomAG, the implementation of BOT Technology at a conventional TV station.
Complete Press release (also in English) via Title link. (Translation: mb)

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10.Apr.2000
Frank Mariak by e-mail


ppc.library update
At the title link there are updates for the Blizzard/CyberStormPPC system software; as well an update to the ppc.library as new FlashUpdates for BlizzardPPC and CyberStormPPC. The new ppc.library 46.31 is needed e.g. for the new VFlash PPC module of the currently released Voyager 3.1. (Translation: mb)

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10.Apr.2000
CS&E by e-mail


CS&E club
There is merit in joining the CS&E club at http://www.icatmall.com/cse as those who have got their hands on an A1200 Magic Pack for a special price will vouch for. The CS&E club is newly formed and is a development fund for our Amiga publishing and wholesale operations. In short it is a co-operative idea where we get the best possible value for our retail customers. This gives us the support we need to be in the Amiga market so thank-you to everyone who has joined. (Translation: mb)

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10.Apr.2000
Christian Dezert by e-mail


TECHNODATABSE OO is now available
It's now a 100% Amiga interactive CD-ROM as it runs with SCALA MM400 or player. (PAL needed). A 400 megs bonus (hundreds of demos, gfx and sound utilities, mods, mp3, pictures, anims, texts, web sites and so on...) is also offered. A pure delight for technomaniacs and one of the only french interactive Amiga CD-ROMs. Also available: DPIXELS and TECHNODATABASE98. (Translation: mb)

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10.Apr.2000
Rene Hatje by e-mail


Amiga related articles
Mactimes: Amiga Returns!
ZDNet.com: Some Technologies Should Die Peacefully (Translation: mb)

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10.Apr.2000
Stephan Teuscher by e-mail


Silicon Anims for DraCo
Starting immediately, the Silicon Anims Volume 1 is available for DraCo. This enables turning any pictures and video sequences into wonderful trailer, animated movies and breathtaking animations easily. Professional users will save many hours construction time, beginners will immediately achieve stunning results.

The package contains a CD-ROM and tutorial video. A review can be found in the Draconer. There will be a review released in the Amiga Plus / OS soon. (Translation: mb)

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10.Apr.2000
Jan Andersen by e-mail


New Virus Warning Guide 3.0 from VirusHelp Denmark
Name: VirusWarning.Guide v3.0
Archive name: vht-vg30.lha
Archive size: 83,932 Bytes
Release date: 9. April 2000
Author: Virus Help Denmark
Download: vht-vg30.lha (Translation: mb)

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10.Apr.2000
Brad Webb by e-mail


Amiga Update Newsletter
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Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:

 We're back from the Amiga 2K show in Saint Louis, and very pleased we
went. This was the first major show for Amiga under the new regime,
and we feel they did very well. It's a different Amiga world now, and
some are going to be unhappy about that fact. We've already seen many
postings both from those upset and with and those accepting of the new
Amiga directions. We'd hoped to have more information for you about
those plans than we do, but there has been little put out by Amiga
since the show. In part, that's due to problems with their web site
(see below). We expect more details to be released to the public as
soon as things settle down for Amiga, and we'll bring them to you. The
overall direction is clear, and we discuss it some in our show report,
below.
 Other than the show, there's not a great deal of news at the moment.
We do have some items we think you'll find interesting, so wish you
happy reading.
 Brad Webb,
 Editor
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E-mail to the E-ditor:

27 Mar 2000
 {The following was received in a note responding to last issue's
request for information about otbaining BVision cards. Thanks Tony for
esnding the URL along. Brad}

http://www.softhut.com/bvision.html

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23 Mar 2000

<some lines removed>

 I'm not sure whether I'd read the updates at all if you didn't bring
them to me. OTOH, if they're taking space that could go to other
useful information, then they're getting in the way, and I could find
them online. I read them so I obviously care.

 Instead of reprinting the whole, long thing, could you give us a
precis of each update and remind us where on the web it is?

 'Til next time,
 Allan
~~~~~~
 There were too many responses to my request for reader thoughts on
how we should handle Executive Updates for me to include them all, so
I selected one at random and it was Allans. Thanks to everyone who
took the time to write!
 Allan's comments are pretty much indicitive of the concensus. What
we'll probably do in the future is make a judgement based on the size
of the Executive Update. Smaller ones we'll most likely include in AU,
larger ones we'll probably summarize, then include the URL to the full
text.
 If we find this doesn't work out well for our readers, we'll take
another look at the issue.
 Brad

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9 April, 2000
 I'm looking for software for a Tiny Tiger II hard drive
connected to the parallel port of the A1000. Do you have or do you
know where I can get such. It was made by M.A.S.T. Memory and Storage
Technology.
 Wendell
~~~~~~
Wendell,
 Hoo Boy, does this question take me back! We remember M.A.S.T. from
the very early days, but we're not familiar with the Tiny Tiger II.
Another one I have to toss to the readers for help, and this one is a
bit of a challenge. Anyone have any ideas?
 Thanks,
 Brad
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 A M I G A   2 K   S H O W   -   M I X   O F   O L D   A N D   N E W

By Brad Webb

 The Amiga 2K show in Saint Louis, March 31 through April 2, was a
"must attend". This was the first major show to be presented since the
newest Amiga Inc. was formed, and took over the management of the
Amiga computer. The real interest was in what Amiga Inc. would be
announcing, both to the developer community in private and the world
at large.
 The show itself was what most Amiga computer shows have been in
recent years - a sort of a combination family reunion and rummage
sale, with a bit of an amature feel in its organization. That doesn't
mean it's not fun, well done or worthwhile - only that there's a
certain "Amiga" quality that is hard to describe.
 There were new products available. To our mind, the most significant
was from Best Power, a well-known maker of uninteruptible power
supplies for the mainstream computer industry. Best Power now has
software to link Amigas to their products, thanks to the dedication of
their employee Jamie Krueger. Jamie is responsible for maintaining the
software on 14 different UNIX varieties for Best Power. He does this
on an Amiga 4000 tower, using AREXX to update the various UNIX machines
as he goes. This has to be one of the best stories to come out of this
show.
 We counted about 40 booths on a good-sized exhibition floor. We don't
have actual attendance numbers, but while there were many people
there, we didn't feel the crowds were actually large.
 Friday was reserved for the Amiga Developers' Association meeting,
and the Developer Conference. There had been an Exhibitor meeting
scheduled, but it was cancelled. The Developer's Association is an
informal grouping of Developers, with Kermit Woodall of Nova Design
leading the way. The Developer Conference, which was well attended,
was a closed forum for Amiga Incorporated to present their plans for
the future. The forum was only available to those who signed
Non-Disclosure Agreements.
 What can be said about the new Amigas is that while Amiga will
produce hardware references, they will not be a hardware company.
Others will build the boxes. The new Amiga software environment will be
hardware independent, and will feature several products from Amiga's
partner TAO. This will include both the Elate RTOS and TAO's superb
Java Engine. The TAO products will be wrapped in an Amiga environment
which will lie between them and the user. All this will sit on top of
Linux, though TAO products can operate with any underlying OS, or even
none at all - who knows what the future may bring in this area? The
hardware independence is a function of TAO's use of a Virtual
Processor in it's software.

 Here are some of our observations from the show, in the form of "word
pictures":

 More Amiga t-shirt designs than I've seen in a long time wandering
about the Henry VIII motel. We had our own to show off, of course.

 The Henry VIII itself - a rambling, doomed, interconnected set of
buildings displaying faded elegance, wonderful woodwork, a ridiculous
idea of what architecture was like in the time of Henry VIII, the most
confusing room numbering system I've ever seen, and a staff whose
Southern approach to life seemed a bit out of place in such a place,
but delightful nontheless. The hotel will soon be destroyed to make
way for airport expansion. We understand the home of show organizer
Bob Scharp may suffer the same fate. The staff provided good service
and showed surprisingly high morale during the show despite knowing
the fate of the work-place. Some call this progress.

 Crowds of Amigans filling the aisles in search of goodies and finding
many, though few new products.

 Gil and his 500 (!!) raffle tickets. He did not win the Developer
System despite purchasing what must be a record number. He won a lot
of other items, though.

 The developer system itself. At this stage just a plain, beige, small
tower PC with a paper Amiga logo pasted to the front. But oh, what it
promises. Current minimum specs: AMD K6-II 500 Mhz, GeForce Prophet 3D
video card, SoundBlaster PCI card, 64 megs of ram.

 Bill McEwen's marvelous and genuinely inspirational speech at the
Saturday night banquet. Most want to believe, but most are too many
times stung by false promises in the past to be entirely comfortable
yet. Still, there's something very different and reassuring about the
new Amiga crew. During his talk, McEwen showed some almost wildly
modernistic concept models for both desktop machines and games
consoles. These models were the work of Disney employees, provided
free of charge to Amiga. There has been mis-information about the
models and their use by Amiga. First, the Disney employees created the
models on their own and NOT as a Disney product. Second, the concepts
were clearly presented by McEwen as possibilities for hardware
reference standards, not as something Amiga was going to make itself.
Too bad the misunderstandings have arisen, as the concept models and
the way they were given to Amiga is the real story here.

 Scala used for Bill's presentation rather than Powerpoint! So much
better. So sad it was running on a PC laptop.

 Positive reaction from the banquet crowd to Amiga's list of partners,
including TAO of course, Sun, Motorola, ESI, Corel, JVC, ARM and Red
Hat. It should be noted the extent of the partnerships was not
revealed. Positive reaction also to the list of companies pledging
software, which included ACT, Epic, DCE, Met@Box, Scala, something
called Amiga Development, Haage & Partner, Digital Images, Hyperion,
Crystal Software, others. The official number of current Amiga
packages scheduled for porting is 117.

 The demonstration of what TAO by itself can do, after the banquet.
Running several copies of Quake at once, and Doom, and utilities -
with no slowdown. Combined with the plans announced, there's much to
look forward to.

 The t-shirt rush at the banquet. A unique item only for attendees -
or their spouses. Then there were the leather Amiga bomber jackets for
the Amiga Inc. crew. As Bill McEwen pointed out, "remember what these
were".

 Breakfast with Amigans I hadn't met before. Many marvelous
conversations with readers and old acquaintences.

 Did Joe Torre really sleep in the lobby Saturday night? Boing shoes
and all?

 A late Saturday night's visit to Robert Hamilton's room to see his
"Amiga Altar". A wonderful work of art by a first rate Amiga artist.
Illuminated manuscripts made of computer paper? Stained glass windows
of Jay Minor and Mitchie? Of course!

 Overheard quotes - "the difference between this show and a Microsoft
one is there are no hookers here."

 The announcement by G & G enterprises that their nascent US Amiga
Magazine would be called "The New Amigans", by vote of the first
subscribers.

 Well attended classes and demonstrations. Despite a very rough start
Saturday morning with equipment problems, these contributed much to
the show. The problems were worked out, and things went forward well.

 The new t-shirt design which showed a boing ball breaking out of a
box with black and white cow spots on it. Slogan: "Get out of the box.
You'll have a ball!".
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     B O X E R ,   A N T I - G R A V I T Y ,   A M I G A

2 April, 2000

 Not only has Anti-Gravity purchased the BoXeR from Blittersoft, but
it was announced at Amiga 2K that Amiga has established a strategic
relationship with them, backing the BoXeR as a platform for the
classic Amiga operating system. It will be a platform for both new and
transitional products. The sale of BoXeR was completed on March 31,
just in time for the show.
 Mick Tinker will remain with BoXeR as Director of BoXeR Development.
 Representatives of Anit-Gravity were present in Saint Louis for the
announcement, which was made during the presentation by Amiga CEO Bill
McEwen after the show's banquet.
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     P R O B L E M S   W I T H   A M I G A   W E B   S I T E

7th April 2000

 As many people are aware we are having problems with the web site.
This is in no way a reflection of how we do business.

 This is a reflection of the inherent problems of business
relationships.

 When Amino purchased all of the domains from Gateway for Amiga there
was more than one party involved in hosting Amiga web sites.

 We have been working for months in getting everything transferred to
our servers and our ownership.

 Now many of the people who were at Gateway/Amiga are no longer there,
and we still are having problems with their releasing the domains to
us. This has become very clear with our new web site, and the fact
that thousands of mail messages are not arriving.

 We are working as quickly as possible on these issues, and hope to
have all of this resolved today. However there are some people
(companies) who are making this very difficult as they do not want to
let go of our accounts. I am purposely not mentioning their companies
here in this message, but will make it known if it becomes necessary.

 I thank everyone for their patience as we are more than frustrated at
the lack of professionalism in working with these companies, as we
take control of our web sites, and mail.

Best regards,

Bill McEwen
President/CEO
Amiga, Inc.
{Note: as this issues goes out, the problems of accessing the new site
- which is really the old, early Gateway/Amiga site - seem to be
coming to an end. Brad}
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                 A M I G A   A N D   P H O E N I X

2 Apr 2000

 Amiga Inc is pleased to announce its membership in the Phoenix
Developer Consortium. Amiga Inc president and CEO Bill McEwen
formalized the partnership at the St Louis Amiga 2K Computer Show in
conjunction with Phoenix chairman-facilitator greenboy.

 greenboy and Phoenix core members Mario Saitti, Clash Bowley and Arto
Malian will be working directly with Amiga's recently-appointed
director of developer support Gary Peake to make participation in
Phoenix an integral part of the Amiga Developer Support Network.
Details of the developer support structure will be forthcoming through
official Phoenix channels and were shared at Amiga 2K.

 Amiga Inc (http://www.amiga.com) is a Washington corporation founded
in 1999 with plans to produce a modern Amiga OS as well as a hardware
reference platform which will take the Amiga into the modern age of
computing. Amiga Inc is presenting for the first time in almost ten
years an Amiga developer reference platform as well as holding the
first official developer conference in almost the same time span.

 The Phoenix Consortium (http://owlnet.net/phoenix/) was formed in
1999. Phoenix is an international Amiga-inspired organization
comprised of OS and software developers, hardware engineers, dealers,
marketing specialists, financiers, and media publishers for the
specific purpose of designing, implementing and fostering modern
solutions for digital desktop and convergence.
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       P O S S I B L E   N E W   G E R M A N   M A G A Z I N E

 The german Internet news website amiga.topcool.de has announced plans
to publish a new German paper Amiga magazine. If amiga.topcool.de can
obtain 200 preorders for the first issue, the magazine will be
available this coming summer. The URL is
http://homepages.go.com/~amigaistcool/ausgabe.htm
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              A F D - C O P Y R I G H T   U P D A T E

28 March, 2000

By Dietmar Knoll

Hello Amigans!

 Here are some news about the project "AFD-COPYRIGHT"(TM) or "Standard
Amiga FD-Software Copyright Note"(TM).

 This Copyright Note is an offer for all Amiga developers who want to
release FD-Software, be it as Freeware, Giftware, Shareware or
whatever.

 AFD-COPYRIGHT is now available in fifteen (15!!!) languages - all in
two formats, as plain text and as HTML-file.

 *The latest addition is the Russian translation by Andrew Boyarintsev
(translator) and Oleg Sergeev (proof-reader).*

 The files can now be downloaded from the Official Support Site for
AFD-COPYRIGHT - as single files or full archive. The Address is:

 http://AFD.home.pages.de/


 The webmasters of you are kindly requested to add it to your hotlist.

 In case home.pages.de should go offline again, you can also reach the
page directly at:

 http://www.dknoll.myokay.net/AFD/

 And of course, news sites are allowed to spread this message. Thanks
for your attention, interest and support!
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            V O Y A G E R   3 . 1   R E L E A S E D

8 April, 2000

 Welcome to the latest incarnation of the V3 Portal for all users of
Voyager. Today, we bring you not just one update, but three - and then
some!

 Voyager 3.1 Browser is out, with a zillion more bugs fixed and
suggestions implemented. Read a full list of changes here and download
the archive from Vapor UK FTP or from the list of mirrors on the left.

 VFlash 1.2 available, for all your Flash needs! The PPC module is
complete, but please install ppc.library 46.31 first

 Vpdf plugin released - view Adobe Acrobat (pdf) files as embedded
objects!

http://www.vapor.com
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     I B R O W S E   2 . 2   U P G R A D E   A V A I L A B L E

 With virtually no fanfare and no press releases we know about,
version 2.2 of the IBrowse web browser for Amiga has been released.
Since we don't have a press release, and there's little information
about the upgrade on the hisoft website, we can't tell you much about
it. However, we don know that lots of Amigans use IBrowse, so for
those of you interested, head over to http://www.hisoft.co.uk/ for
what details there are and a downloadable upgrade.
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      F U S I O N   V 3 . 2   F O R   6 8 K   R E L E A S E D

March, 23rd 2000

Fusion V3.2 is released.

 All Fusion users (and those anxiously awaiting the pending PPC
release) will be pleased to here that there is a new upgrade to the
68K version. This release confirms the continued commitment to the 68K
Macintosh emulation, but also provides a number of improvements and
enhancements.

 Fusion 68K V3.2 is the final upgrade before the release of the
PowerPC upgrade, which is nearing completion.


Changes to V3.2

 * Added ICP Transfer Priority. You can now specify the priority the
Mac runs at while the drives are accessed from the Amiga side though
ICP.

 * Fixed OpenDevice problem with ethernet.

 * Fixed ethernet query bug.

 * Added TD64 support. A partition that is partially or completely
above the 4G point will cause FUSION to fail to start if TD64 support
is not available.
 Partitions are still limited to 4G in size.

 * Added support for block sizes other than 512. Up to 64K valid.

 * Fixed ICP MacBinary file copy hang.

 * Auto-start doesn't auto-quit if you change the ICP or cpu settings.

 * Added tooltype and cli switch for specifying parameter ram file.

 * Changed ethernet from software loaded to a hardware card for Open
Transport support. Cleaned up ethernet for better Amiga ethenet card
support;
 Ariadne card now works.

 * Fixed cursor problem with old Lucas Arts games.

 * Fixed problem with QD based video drivers.

 * Fixed slight problem with autosense SCSI data.

 * New ADB drivers with (nearly) all Mac keys mapped.

 * Added tooltype support; switches from cli now have Workbench
tooltype equivalents.

 * Auto-start now also implies auto-quit

 * Changed 060 initial settings; now starts with only SuperScalar off.

 * Fixed miscellaneous problems with the interface related to the
auto-iconify feature (Tall thin windows on WB fixed).

 * Fixed Timer interrupt bug that prevented QueBase from playing.

 * Added support for a couple more ROMs.

 * Updates to video drivers.

 * Updates to RsrvCold, and RsrvWarm which is now called RsrvKick.


 To obtain your copy, head for:

http://www.blittersoft.com/cgi-bin/2/webc.cgi/~bsoft/Fusion32.html
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Amiga Update on the net:
 All back issues available at:
    http://www.globaldialog.com/~amigaupdate/index.html

Stop by and check out our archive!
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Stefan Ossowski by e-mail


Aminet 36 CD-ROM available
Aminet CD 36, dated April 2000, contains 1 gigabyte (uncompressed) of software in thousands of archives. Since the release of Aminet CD 35 more than 500 MB new software has appeared. The current edition includes the full version of the excellent car racing game Max Rally. (Translation: mb)

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10.Apr.2000
Herbert Markart in ANF


FutureZone: Hard Drives becoming obsolete
"A completely new memory technology could make hard drives obsolete in the future. The difference to the RAM chips currently employed is that, with this technology, the contents of the main memory are not lost. A boot procedure upon power up is no longer necessary."
Full article (German) at the title link. (Translation: mb)

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10.Apr.2000
Aminet Recent


New Aminet uploads
A highlight for sure is the freely downloadable PPaint version 7.1b.

ColorType.lha        biz/cloan  581K+Cloanto ColorType 3.1 Software
PFM.lha              biz/cloan  910K+Cloanto PFM and PDM Software
PPaint.lha           biz/cloan  3.0M+Cloanto Personal Paint 7.1b Software
catalog.lha          biz/dbase  146K+Create a database of your disks or CDs (
FLeagues_BB2.lha     biz/dbase  129K+Football Database For 50 Leagues (v1.2)
StarBase_CLI.lha     biz/dbase  123K+Star Trek Episodes Database (v3.2a)
StarBase_SCR.lha     biz/dbase  127K+Star Trek Episodes Database (v1.6a)
STEP_Txt.lha         biz/dbase  248K+Star Trek Episode Text / StarBase (607)
TFat2DEMO.lha        biz/demo    86K+V2.12.1 Amiga Invoice program,(FATTURE I
DOpus414JRbin.lha    biz/dopus  326K+Great filemanager from GP Software
DOpus414JRsrc.lha    biz/dopus  609K+Great filemanager from GP Software
GDTrash.lha          biz/dopus  126K+Win95 recycle bin for Dopus5 MagII V1.2
amirsay.lha          comm/irc    35K+Uses 'Say' to speak on AmIRC (extra sett
notifyplus.lha       comm/irc    23K+Enhances AmIRC's notify function [...]
AEMail230.lha        comm/mail  901K+AEMail 2.30 E-Mail GUI w MIME/UUENCODE
cim_v3.lha           comm/misc  1.1M+CIM - Caller Id Manager V3 r38 incl HTML
dvbcontrol.lha       comm/misc  308K+V1.30 D-Box/Mediamaster Settings Editor
AMarquee50.lha       comm/net   261K+V50.11a TCP Data Broadcast System (libra
Charon.lha           comm/net   147K+Download manager
Yam2NN_0.87.lha      comm/news  194K+Usenet access for YAM 2.0+
adt_ixemul.lha       comm/tcp    55K+Aminet Download Tool 2.5, AmigaOS/ixemul
SimpleFTP.lha        comm/tcp   160K+SimpleFTP v2.14 - Easy to use FTP client
IBrowseSP.lha        comm/www    16K+IBrowse 2.x spanish catalogs v1.51
WebYAM.lha           comm/www     9K+Web interface for YAM 2.0+
WorldMap.lha         comm/www    15K+ARexxport,AmIrc/IBrowse-scripts included
CNCD_Killer.lha      demo/aga   2.9M+CNCD presents: Killer - demo from TP7
DKG-Myhouse.lha      demo/aga    59K+My House demo from Darkage in 1999!
rno-pakarat.lha      demo/aga    65K+"Pakarat" - a 64k into by RNO from TRSAC
SCX-Alien2.lha       demo/aga   6.5M+Alien2 Demo from Haujobb & Scoopex - won
TBL-Senseless.lha    demo/aga   2.1M+Senseless demo by TBL - from TRSAC party
Efreet_DeepPan.lha   demo/intro  40K+Efreet presents: Deep Pan the finest Sli
IRS-AVT8.lha         demo/mag   587K+Avatar #8, released at TRSAC in Denmark.
Obligement10.lha     demo/mag   797K+Obligement #10 - Ze famous FRENCH fanzin
Obligement7.lha      demo/mag   416K+Obligement #7 - Ze famous FRENCH fanzine
Obligement9.lha      demo/mag   786K+Obligement #9 - Ze famous FRENCH fanzine
AND-Wild.lha         demo/slide 3.1M+Anadune presents: Wild Slideshow with pi
ATW-Efrafa.lha       demo/slide 1.1M+Efrafa Slideshow by Artwork (with pics b
GDS-AFG.lha          demo/slide 837K+A few good men slideshow by Gods with pi
Tandem2.68.lha       dev/asm    721K+Revolutionary Editor/Assembler/Debugger
clockita.lha         dev/basic   58K+Italian clock with alarm + source code
PureBasic.lha        dev/basic  710K+V1.40 - Brand new powerful programming l
Amiga-C-Mar00.lha    dev/c      202K+Postings to Amiga-C mailing list in Marc
devpic.lha           dev/cross   86K+PIC16 development package
wla_020_4.1.lha      dev/cross   51K+WLA - Game Boy Macro Assembler v4.1 (020
MuForce.lha          dev/debug  231K+The V40 Enforcer, detects illegal RAM ac
MuGuardianAnge.lha   dev/debug  280K+MungWall superset, detect accesses to no
camde.lha            dev/e       15K+CAMD developer kit for E
ECTv101.lha          dev/e       19K+Now Free - The First(?) E Case Tool !!!
AWNP_2-39.lha        dev/misc   197K+Very Usefull Mutli Function pipe
FD2Pragma.lha        dev/misc   123K+V2.104 creates pragma, inline, ... files
MuLink.lha           dev/misc   110K+Memory protect selected hunks of binarie
MuScan.lha           dev/misc   107K+Print the MMU tree layout.
numconv.lha          dev/misc     8K+Simple DEC/HEX/BIN/ASC/FLT/OCT converter
MCC-Install.lha      dev/mui    106K+Universal MUI custom class installer scr
MCC_Popph.lha        dev/mui     84K+V15.5 - Popup placeholder class (MUI)
MCC_Popph_Src.lha    dev/mui     34K+V15.5 - Popup placeholder class (MUI)
agpg.lha             docs/hyper 235K+Amiga Games Patches Guide
agpg_txt.lha         docs/hyper 633K+Amiga Games Patches Guide -AddOn Textes
AmigaInfo.lha        docs/hyper 253K+ITALIAN ONLY Amiga Mags Aprile 2000
FSCP_Gde.lha         docs/hyper  31K+Farscape Episode AGuide (25)
IM_2000.lha          docs/hyper  12K+Iron Maiden 2000 guide V1.0
STEP_Gde.lha         docs/hyper 260K+Star Trek Episode AGuide (607)
Aakt0400GFX.lha      docs/mags  523K+AMIGA aktuell - German infotainment maga
Aakt0400GUIDE.lha    docs/mags  112K+AMIGA aktuell - German infotainment maga
Aakt0400HTML.lha     docs/mags  297K+AMIGA aktuell - German infotainment maga
ACNews_20.lha        docs/mags   61K+E-zine focused on Amiga News: #20-April 
MuManual.lha         docs/misc  465K+RKRM style tutorial & docs for the mmu.l
WarpUp-Mar00.lha     docs/misc  149K+Postings to the WarpUp mailing list in M
D1.lha               game/actio 568K+Great jump'n'run arcade game!Giftware.
sharksmulti.lha      game/actio 293K+Great Action-diving OCS/AGA ! V1.5
Ambassador192B.lha   game/board 186K+Client for IGS, Internet Go Server, V1.9
sol_dt.lha           game/board  63K+*Inofficial* German exe for Solitaire v1
F1GP_2000.lha        game/data    9K+2000 F1 season data for F1GP-Ed (9 April
FoundPolish.lha      game/data    4K+Foundation Polish (Catalog)
vgp_sd2000.lha       game/data    2K+Virtual GP - Season Data 2000
WBPGarfield.lha      game/data  157K+Garfield puzzle set for WBPerplexity
WBPGoo.lha           game/data  174K+Funny animated puzzle set for WBPerplexi
boulderdaesh.lha     game/jump  721K+V4.29, BoulderDaesh Main Archive
JamesPond3Fr.lha     game/patch  14K+French translation for James Pond 3 CD32
WHDF16Combat.lha     game/patch  21K+HD Installer for F-16 Combat Pilot V1.4
WHDFears.lha         game/patch  28K+HD Installer for Fears V3.1
JT_TTT.lha           game/think  13K+Tic Tac Toe in AmigaBASIC
TaskForce.lha        game/think 344K+Tactical combat game & editor (V0.39)
WBPerplexity15.lha   game/wb    472K+Version 1.5b update of WBPerplexity
PfPaint_ENG.lha      gfx/edit    28K+English documentation for PerfectPaint V
PfPaint_FRA.lha      gfx/edit    31K+French documentation for PerfectPaint V1
PfPaint_V13.lha      gfx/edit   1.1M+Paint,Anim from 1 to 24bits
CMNDR-ImageFX.lha    gfx/ifx     66K+Customizable GUI for ImageFX
Epicycles.lha        gfx/misc    64K+Makes fascinating screen displays
akMPEG4.lha          gfx/show   170K+MPEG player for CyberGfx/AGA V4.41 (68k/
Apdf_68030fpu.lha    gfx/show   237K+PDF doc. viewer, 68030 with fpu
Apdf_68040fpu.lha    gfx/show   238K+PDF doc. viewer, 68040 with fpu
Apdf_68060fpu.lha    gfx/show   237K+PDF doc. viewer, 68060 with fpu
Apdf_common.lha      gfx/show   244K+PDF doc. viewer, main archive
Apdf_fonts.lha       gfx/show   470K+Base fonts for Apdf
Apdf_ppc.lha         gfx/show   330K+PDF doc. viewer, PPC (PowerUp or emulati
Apdf_src.lha         gfx/show   1.1M+Source code of Apdf
mccontrol.lha        hard/hack  339K+V1.42 PSX MemoryCard Reader
ICS.lha              hard/misc  1.6M+V1.09 ICS - professional color correctio
ICSmanlj.lha         hard/misc  1.5M+V1.09 ICS manual as 300dpi Laserjet file
ICSmanps.lha         hard/misc  515K+V1.09 ICS manual as PostScript file
ASpEmu.lha           misc/emu    60K+V0.74 128K ZXSpectrum emulator.
ASpEmu_NOROM.lha     misc/emu    35K+V0.74 128K ZXSpectrum emulator.
imdbDiff000324.lha   misc/imdb  2.1M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
imdbDiff000331.lha   misc/imdb  1.8M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
lotolib.lha          misc/misc   22K+Lotolib for LOTO v2.3+ (1976 au 05-avril
DAlmanac_Exe.lha     misc/sci   1.4M+Next Generation Planetarium (1.8.13)
twig_stra.lha        mods/med   179K+StrangeLand, a tune by DJTwiglet
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rNO-L029.lha         mods/misc  230K+Rno-label release no.29 by roz (detroit)
rNO-L031.lha         mods/misc  104K+Rno-label release no.31 by tang (detroit
rNO-L032.lha         mods/misc  251K+Rno-label release no.32 by kure (tekno)
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nd-still.lha         mods/neuro 341K+OSS 12 ch. athmos slo-mo chill trance
cha_bsr.lha          mus/midi    36K+BassStation Rack patch editor
MUImp3.lha           mus/misc    52K+OS 3.5,MUI Encode mp3 from cd or file
DelfMPEG.lha         mus/play   144K+MPEG audio player for Delfina DSP
projectomega.lha     mus/play   527K+A camd based extensible midi file player
morph.lha            pix/anim    99K+Structured morphing animations
astronaut.jpg        pix/art     15K+Jpg picture with fxPaint
Gateway-show.jpg     pix/art     10K+Jpg colage with fxPaint
4DPlusIcon.lha       pix/icon     3K+Glowicon for 4D+ Inetmouse
optic-ilusion.lha    pix/misc    20K+Cool optic ilusion 
NI_b_s10.lha         pix/nicon  214K+AlotOfNewIcons for BUBBLE & SQUEAK +Glow
NI_g-i10.lha         pix/nicon  429K+AlotOfNewIcons for ISLONA&GUILDHALL GAME
NI_pow10.lha         pix/nicon  586K+AlotOfNewIcons for POWERMONGER +MagicWB
NI_pss10.lha         pix/nicon  304K+AlotOfNewIcons for Parasol Star +MagicWB
NI_pww11.lha         pix/nicon  680K+AlotOfNewIcons for POWERMONGER WW1 +Mwb
NI_rdl10.lha         pix/nicon  552K+AlotOfNewIcons for RODLAND +MagicWB
BoingTheMetal.jpg    pix/wb     183K+A bit more energetic screen grab
SIL51_WBGrab2.jpg    pix/wb     204K+Workbench Screen grab 2 on my PicassoIV.
StanWB.lha           pix/wb     463K+New pics from my WB
StuBench2000.jpg     pix/wb      20K+16bit BVision StuBench
WBPerplexity01.jpg   pix/wb      85K+Workbench snapshot of WBPerplexity runni
bah.lha              text/edit   82K+Adds configurable toolbars to BED. V3.7.
JumpED.lha           text/edit   17K+Handy Text editor tool, Jump to Labels v
KonwersjaLib20.lha   text/misc   35K+A library for converting Polish texts
prtman39.lha         text/print 180K+Printmanager for AmigaOS3 (39.31)
AppReplaceIcon.lha   util/app    83K+Replacing icons with a new one
CheckX.lha           util/arc    29K+V1.74 Check for Archives/Packers/Viruses
DMS2HD1_6.lha        util/arc    51K+Unpacks DMS archives to HD v1.6
xadmaster.lha        util/arc   339K+V6.0 Powerful unarchiving system
MuFastChip.lha       util/boot  105K+Chip memory cache mode fine tuning tool
MuFastRom.lha        util/boot  106K+MuLib conformal ROM to RAM remapper
MuFastZero.lha       util/boot  122K+MuLib Zero Page remapper, FastExec/Prepa
MuLockLib.lha        util/boot  100K+Lock the mmu.library in memory on startu
MuOmniSCSIPatc.lha   util/boot  104K+Make the omniscsi.device MMULib aware
MuSetCacheMode.lha   util/boot  109K+MMU tree adjustment tool for experts
ReqPatch.lha         util/boot   15K+A small requester patch [preview]
fkey2mcp_mui.lha     util/cdity  18K+Converts FKey's config to A New MCP.conf
r.lha                util/cli    48K+V1.53 Just in time GUIs for every DOS co
SetDTool.lha         util/cli     7K+CLI_Command to change DefaultTool_Entrys
sploinerwos.lha      util/cli    97K+Split,Join&Recover WarpOS/68k/Win PC
easyconvert.lha      util/conv   14K+Easy Convert - converts miles - km, etc.
IcoDT.lha            util/dtype   4K+Dt for .ICO files (43.2)
DisLib.lha           util/libs   17K+A library based MC68K disassembler
MMULib.lha           util/libs  1.1M+Library to ctrl the MC68K MMUs
MuMin.lha            util/libs   55K+Minimal MuLib archive for redistribution
Aminet.awnp.lha      util/misc   43K+AWNPipe Arexx gui. Searches and Download
amirsay.lha          util/misc   37K+Uses 'Say' to speak on AmIRC (extra sett
EnalTrisDemo.lha     util/misc  381K+Program for SuperEnalotto (italian)
StripHunks.lha       util/misc    9K+V1.9 CLI tool to strip useless hunks
xfdmaster.lha        util/pack  224K+Rel1.31 Decrunch packed files (exe/data)
Aminet.awnp.lha      util/rexx   48K+AWNPipe Arexx gui. Searches and Download
68040lib.lha         util/sys   226K+A MuLib aware 68040.library, 68030.libra
availcpu.lha         util/sys    16K+V2.00 Uses the PowerLED to show processo
Convert35Icon.lha    util/sys    30K+Convert35Icon: Convert OS35 icons into N
FastIEEE.lha         util/sys    98K+Speed up your mathieee libraries!
info.lha             util/sys    25K+AmigaDOS info command replacement (39.18
RAWBInfo.lha         util/sys    55K+ReAction based icon information (1.12)
VersionWB.lha        util/sys    39K+V2.14 AmigaDos Version replacement.
CyberClock.lha       util/time   30K+Digital clock w/ changeable digits
CyberClock_cze.lha   util/time    5K+Czech translation for CyberClock
CyberClock_deu.lha   util/time   15K+German translation for CyberClock
CyberClock_fra.lha   util/time    5K+French translation for CyberClock
CyberClock_ita.lha   util/time   15K+Italian translation for CyberClock
CyberClock_pol.lha   util/time   15K+Polish translation for CyberClock
CyberClock_por.lha   util/time   15K+Portuguese translation for CyberClock
CyberClock_rus.lha   util/time   16K+Russian translation for CyberClock
CyberClock_slo.lha   util/time   15K+Slovenian translation for CyberClock
CyberClock_srp.lha   util/time    5K+Serbian translation for CyberClock
trackdisplaycl.lha   util/time   37K+V1.10 Use hardware track display as cloc
vht-vg30.lha         util/virus  82K+VirusWarning.Guide v3.0 (VHT-DK)
VirusExecutor.lha    util/virus 211K+VirusExecutor v2.03
clipper.lha          util/wb     50K+VERY Handy Listview tool to set the Clip
Clipper_AWNP.lha     util/wb     62K+Handy Listview tool to set the Clipboard
CmdRun104.lha        util/wb     41K+Global help for all programs
DirScanner.lha       util/wb     75K+V2.5: Small but powerful filefinder. (MU
GlobalHelp10.lha     util/wb     15K+Global help for all programs
Ico2Info.lha         util/wb      3K+Converts .ICO to .info (44.2)
MakeAlias13.lha      util/wb     16K+Create alias files from WB-executables
Super72NEW.lha       util/wb     25K+800x600 to 1940/1942 & SVGA monitors.
THE.lha              util/wb    120K+Prefseditor for Tools-Menu and Hotkeys
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10.Apr.2000
Vapor


Voyager version 3.1 released
With Voyager 3.1, you get a version with countless bugs removed and many suggestions recieved by users being implemented. Read the readme for a complete list of changes.

VFlash has also been released in a new version. The PPC module is complete, but please install the ppc.library 46.31 first.

Additionally, the Vpdf plugin has been released, enabling reading Adobe Acrobat (pdf) files.

Download:
v3_31.lzx - 1 MB
vflash_1.2.lzx - 489 Kb
Vpdf (Translation: mb)

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09.Apr.2000
Olaf Köbnik by e-mail


Amiga Arena News
MetaView for special price!
The displayer and converter MetaView is available for a special price at the Amiga Arena.

MUIBase for a special price!
The database MUIBase is still available for a special price until April 30th, 2000 at Amiga Arena.

Amiga Arena CD-ROM Edition!
The first informations on the Amiga Arena CD-ROM Edition are online at the Amiga Arena homepage. (Translation: mb)

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09.Apr.2000
Martin Preisinger by e-mail


NotifyPlus version 1.0 released
The free script NotifyPlus is now available in version 1.0. It is an event script for AmIRC, which extends the "Notify" function.

After the installation of the script, the following functions are available:
  • Identification of users by nick and hostmask (AmigaDOS patterns)
  • Starting an individual command for each user on the list
  • Several internal commands, e.g. displaying requesters on the frontmost screen
  • Creating AppIcons on the workbench

The program and manual are right now only available in German.
Download: notifyplus.lha - 23 Kb (Translation: mb)

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08.Apr.2000
Scalos


Scalos News
The Scalos developer packet is available for download, and the icon support has been improved.
Download developer packet: ScalosDev.lha (Translation: mb)

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08.Apr.2000
MorphOS


MorphOS FAQ and support page updated
The MorphOS FAQ and support page have been updated. (Translation: mb)

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08.Apr.2000
HåParting by e-mail


VersionWB version 2.14 and AMarquee version 50.11a released
Download:
VersionWB2_14.lha
AMarquee50.lzx (Translation: mb)

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08.Apr.2000
Borut Zivkovic by e-mail


Sat aerial as Boing ball :-)
Borut Zivkovic from Kärnten, Austria, did send us a picture of his sat aerial, which he painted in Boing ball design. So it is close to being "Powered by Amiga".

Satellite dish powered by Amiga

(click on the picture to see a bigger version) (Translation: mb)

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08.Apr.2000
IrseeSoft


New e-mail adresses at IrseeSoft
Starting immediatly, only the following e-mail adresses are valid:
Orders sales@irseesoft.de
Other mail@irseesoft.de (Translation: mb)

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08.Apr.2000
AWNPipe


AWNPipe version 2.42 released
Download: AWNP_2-42.lha - 201 Kb (Translation: mb)

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08.Apr.2000
clickBOOM by e-mail


Nightlong almost finished
Nightlong is in the last stages of development. It took somewhat longer than planned, since we had to wait for the new StormC version. Until now, we only recieved 150 preorders for Nightlong PPC. Don't worry, we wouldn't let PPC down, but you will agree with us that 150 preorders aren't that much. More about it in the next "S-File". Nightlong can still be preordered until Monday, April 17th.

The clickBOOM portal already offers a Nightlong trailer, which shows what the main actor Joshua is capable of. There is a scaled down version of 8 MB and a big version with 22 MB. The trailer is available to all print magazines for their CDs. (Translation: mb)

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08.Apr.2000
Andreas Hippauf by e-mail


LightForce Status
I want to give just a small status report on the Lightforce project at this place, since it has become pretty quiet around it. There were reasons: I have married, and have been on honeymoon starting March 17th. So I was busy with much more important issues the weeks before and afterwards... :-)

The rest of the team was busy, too. Sadly not busy on the project, but since it is a spare time project, it is understandable when it takes time. There are good news, too, however: I am back again, and continued work. The new menu system is almost finished, and should be available soon. The new version will again be available as downloadfile from the LightForce download page instead of being send out by e-mail. Simply because interest has grown so big I cannot send an individual version to everybody. This made me really happy, and I hope to get e-mail feedback on my project in the future, too!

Andreas, all the best wishes from the Amiga News Team. You are absolutely right: family comes first :-) (ps) (Translation: mb)

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08.Apr.2000
Amiga & Atari show


News from the Amiga & Atari show 2000
As reported before, The Amiga & Atari show 2000 (The World of Alternative - World of Amiga & Atari) is taking place on June 10th / 11th (Whitsun weekend) in the City Hall Neuss. Neuss is close to Düsseldorf, and therefore should be easy to reach even for international Amiga users. AMIGA and many exhibitors are announced, even Bill and Fleecy might show up; workshops, seminars, conferences etc. are in the planning stage; best provisions to make it a real Happening :-).

The list of exhibitors has been updated. Aside from AMIGA, eighteen exhibitors have announced themselves, with more to follow. amiga-news.de will also show up at the show, so we can provide you with "first hand" information. We will manage the booth together with the Amiga-Club im BTX & Internet. The occassion to meet each other personally :-). The experts from the Amiga-Club will provide answers to user's questions about everything Amiga. As at previous shows, many small problems with Amiga hard- and software will be solved.

For PD and Shareware authors as well as clubs, there are options for a reasonably priced presence at the show. E.g., for a table (120x60 cm) with two chairs, shareware authors pay only 170,- including tax, so a nice opportunity to present your program to a broad audience. More details can be found at the title link (German only), area "Aussteller-Anmeldung".

I already notified the info line that it's a bad idea to advertise an "show easy to reach even by international users", if the homepage is German only. :-/ (mb) (Translation: mb)

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07.Apr.2000
amiga-news.de


Amiga2K reports from several sources
(Translation: mb)

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07.Apr.2000
Darek Smietana by e-mail


Elbox Computer News
ELBOX COMPUTER proudly announces a new product for Amiga 1200:
FastATA ZORRO IV EIDE controller with data transfer rates of 16.6 MB/s

Features:
  • High-speed 32bit FastATA-2/EIDE controller
  • Two IDE ports allowing connecting 4 EIDE devices (HDD, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, ZIP-100, ZIP-250, L-120, DVD) with full speed
  • Allows using these devices in the fast PIO-3 and PIO-4 modes with up to 16.6 MB/s
  • Directly installed in a ZORRO IV slot of a ZORRO IV bus board
  • Data transfer multitudes faster than with other ZORRO II or Fast ZORRO II controllers
  • Compatible with PIO-0 to PIO-4, UDMA-33, UDMA-66 devices
  • Supports HDDs > 5GB in SPLIT or NOSPLIT (NSD, TD64) modes
  • Autoboot from ZIP and LS-120 drives enabled
  • Can be used simultaneously with internal high speed FastATA 1200 EIDE controller
  • The set contains very advanced software for controlling EIDE devices, and the fastest CDFileSystem: AllegroCDFS

Suggested retail price: EUR 110.00
Available starting April 28th
First presentation: April 8th on the AMIGA MEETING 2000 in Lodz (Poland) (Translation: mb)

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07.Apr.2000
H & P by e-mail


Haage & Partner News
H&P Online Shop
Since early February, we have our shop online. In the meantime, we have done many improvements, to further increase comfort. Among others, there are now links to the product pages, and the cookie system recognizes customers (the shop is functional without cookies). Have a look at it, suggestions for improvement are wellcome.

PageStream 4 Release 5
The next free update is now available. Registered users can order the files for download of the complete version (over 7 MB, not including online help).

Fusion 3.2 Amiga delayed
Due to problems getting 3.5" disks, Blittersoft is unable to ship the update. Early next week, they hope to get the disks.

St. Louis Show
Again this year, the Amiga Show in St. Louis was a big event. For the first time, H&P was present as exhibitor. Aside from presenting AmigaWriter 2.0 and ArtEffect 4.0 (both will be released in May), a workshop for programming AmigaOS was held. Some pictures from the show are available here. (Translation: mb)

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07.Apr.2000
Martin Strobl by e-mail


COOL bits News
Monitors by Iiyama: New in our product line are the monitors by Iiyama. I had a look at them on the CEBIT, and the quality persuaded me :-). These monitors are really worth their price. On our reworked product site, a description of the monitors is available.

Development at Amiga/Amiga2000 show in St. Louis: I must admit that I very much wellcome the development :-). Finally, there are things moving at Amiga, and we get to see something new. After all, this is the first time after more than 5 years that Amiga development produces more than mere vapor. Among others, the cooperation with Corel and Red Hat brings me to casual optimism. I can only hope that Amiga quickly continues on this path.

AmiJoe G3: Talks between Haage & Partner and Metabox concerning the 68k emulation have not been finished sadly, which still delays production and delivery of the cards.

In the area News you will find many new stuff from the last weeks.

The link site has been completely reworked :-). If you want a link to your homepage added, please contact me. The pages with the special offers have been slightly modified. (Translation: mb)

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07.Apr.2000
Andreas Magerl by e-mail


NoCover issue #73 released
Today, the new issue of the NoCover has been released. Issue #73 of the online mag was delayed over a month due to illness. (Translation: mb)

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07.Apr.2000
Richard de Rivaz in ANF


X-10 Control now included in INET DIAL v3.5
The latest version of INET_DIAL now includes X-10 protocol for control of Lamps and other appliances. INET_DIAL is an integrated Internet connection programme which controls "dial-in" and "dial-out" connections both to the Internet and by direct dial.

Automatic timed mail send and retrieval is included. Remote computers can be accessed and they can also control X-10 devices via the web. (Translation: mb)

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07.Apr.2000
David Scheibler in ANF


FutureZone: AOL and Gateway to bring Linux surf stations
Sounds just like our MCC:

"Webpad, desktop- and kitchen device | automatically connect to AOL network | AOL-CEO: Help for young people. AOL and Gateway will bring a line of relatively cheap surf stations starting by the end of the year, running under Linux."

Heise: Gateway and AOL to bring surf terminals
"On the Spring Internet World show in Los Angeles, AOL and Gateway for the first time present their line of surf devices (Internet Appliances): A web-pad, a so-called countertop device with cordless keyboard, and a desktop system. The countertop device, basically a LCD screen with attachment, are planned to reach the market for christmas 2000. The two other devices will follow next year. The desktop system looks like a grey version of the iMac, and according to Gateway will cost less than 500 USD." (Translation: mb)

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07.Apr.2000
Achim Stegemann in ANF


Digital Almanac II Update
Version 1.8.13 of DA II is available on the author's homepage. It fixes two hard-to-find bugs in the 040 version of the program, which especially troubled the animation mode. At the same time, drawing of surface textures has been sped up again (040 version). (Translation: mb)

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07.Apr.2000
Halvadjian Georges in ANF


PerfectPaint v1.3 released
Draws, animates and manipulates pictures from 1-24 bit.

What's new:
  • Improve 24bits version with animation, big work on brush (mapping density, smooth border), more effects, more arexx commands, all menus are available.
  • Improve 8bits version.

Download: PfPaint_V13.lzx (Translation: mb)

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07.Apr.2000
Robert Simmonds in ANF


#Ami3D time limited Artwork on display
Daniel Pisanec, long-time regular of ARCNet's #Ami3D, has created a site to showcase all the work submitted for the #Ami3D time-limited competitions. The competitions continue to be a success, and anyone rendering on any platform is welcome. Take a look at competition.rogue3d.co.uk for more information.

The Competitions run every week, on Sunday evening 20:00 GMT+1, in #Ami3D on ARCNet (irc.arcnet.vapor.com port 6667). PWe look forward to seeing you there! (Translation: mb)

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07.Apr.2000
Stephan Neise in ANF


Statement by Bill McEwen about the Amiga website
In his statement, Bill McEwen speaks about the problems with the new website. He will do what he can so the website will be fully functional soon:

"As many people are aware we are having problems with the web site. This is in no way a reflection of how we do business.

This is a reflection of the inherent problems of business relationships.

When Amino purchased all of the domains from Gateway for Amiga there was more than one party involved in hosting Amiga web sites.

We have been working for months in getting everything transferred to our servers and our ownership.

Now many of the people who were at Gateway/Amiga are no longer there, and we still are having problems with their releasing the domains to us. This has become very clear with our new web site, and the fact that thousands of mail messages are not arriving.

We are working as quickly as possible on these issues, and hope to have all of this resolved today. However there are some people (companies) who are making this very difficult as they do not want to let go of our accounts. I am purposely not mentioning their companies here in this message, but will make it known if it becomes necessary.

I thank everyone for their patience as we more than frustrated at the lack of professionalism in working with these companies, as we take control of our web sites, and mail.

Best regards,

Bill McEwen
President/CEO
Amiga, Inc.
TEL (425) 396-5660
FAX (425) 396-5671
bill@amiga.com" (Translation: mb)

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07.Apr.2000
Martin Endres by e-mail


CamX project - what's it all about?
Martin Endres tells about the CamX project:

CamX can be described as "object oriented, modular data manager with alarm / timing system".
  • CamX is NOT a MIDI/Audio sequencer, even if it can be used as such.
  • CamX is NOT a video editing system, even if it can be used as such.
  • CamX is NOT a automatic radiator control, even if it can be used as such.
  • CamX is completely modular and can be adapted to your individual needs.
  • Data/Structure Objects
    There are "Data Objects" (e.g. samples, videos or MIDI events) and "Structure Objects" (e.g. songs or tracks). These "Objects" own individual input and output ports and can be controlled by their individual addresses. "Data Objects" can be included in the system in any way you want.
  • Ports with Pipeline
    These object ports have a pipeline, where any data processing modules (e.g. filter) can be added.
  • Object Database
    CamX has a database language, which can be used e.g. for selecting all MIDI events.
  • External System Control
    All system functions can be controlled externally, and are available for other programms. So CamX can also be controlled by network / internet. The processing modules can be distributed in the network.
  • Object Editors
    Editors are added as modules. Depending on the object type, the correct editor is opened. An unlimited number of editors can be open simultaneously.
  • GUI
    The GUI / interface is modular, and can be changed and adapted anytime.
  • I/O System
    As I/O system, the ARTAS system by ACT will be employed.

Some example uses:
MIDI/Audio Sequencer - Video Editing System - Laser/Slideshow - Controlling household and office devices - controlling of HiFi/multimedia devices - DVD/MP3 player

Everything (soft- and hardware) sending or recieving data in any form will be controllable by CamX, if the driver module is available. (Translation: mb)

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06.Apr.2000
Xandiy in ANF


Looking for co-travelers to the Amiga show in Neuss, Germany?
On my site, I have created a blackboard where you can offer or look for an opportunity to travel with like-minded to the Amiga show in Neuss. (Translation: mb)

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06.Apr.2000
HydraBBS


HydraBBS discontinued
Dominic Clifton has discontinued development of HydraBBS for Amiga, and is not interested in porting the program to other platforms, either. If you are interested in the sourcecode of HydraBBS, contact the author by e-mail. (Translation: mb)

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06.Apr.2000
Czech Amiga News


Amiga 2K or Bust (the Gateway Amiga Show)
At Czech Amiga News, there is another Amiga2K report by Marion E. Wyatt. (Translation: mb)

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06.Apr.2000
AMIGA


AMIGA announces cooperation with Corel
On this subject, read the ZDNet articles Gateway 'could have had it all' and Amiga becomes Linux company (German) as examples for bad research. Most statements are plain false. (Translation: mb)

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06.Apr.2000
Andreas Magerl by e-mail


Amiga Future survey
We want to evaluate the users opinions of OS 3.5. So, on our homepage in the area "Aktion" we created a page where we ask the following specific questions:

The AmigaOS 3.5 is available now for some time. We want to know from you what you think about it! What do you like in AmigaOS 3.5, and what do you dislike? What is missing, and what is getting you upset in it? Or did you expand your AmigaOS 3.5 with additional tools? Which tools do you use no longer?

Write to us! We will release the results on our homepage! Of course, tips and tricks for AmigaOS 3.5 are wellcome, too. (Translation: mb)

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06.Apr.2000
Helmut Wegener by e-mail


grafik-umsonst.de now with Amiga area
AMIGA. This device is cult. These pages are meant as a bow before the spirit of a creative community. A sworn community, which after years of discontinued development holds high the ideals of a computer that enabled multimedia even before that term was coined.

Due to this, an Amiga area has been created (still under construction). Everyone owning an Amiga, or has created pictures with one, can help. Many thanks to the Amiga-Magazin for the friendy authorization.

Many other graphics of www.grafik-umsonst.de have also been created on Amiga: e.g. the background series "am", "amnew" and "co" in the "Hintergrund" area, "big" and "at" in "Hintergr2". (Translation: mb)

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AROS


AROS News
First screenshots of the DOpus 4 port can be marveled at.

AROS and AMIGA are currently evaluating options for a concrete cooperation. (Translation: mb)

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06.Apr.2000
Darek Dulian by e-mail


New FastATA4000 driver version 2.2
  • New gadget "USE" in FastATAPrefs allows changing disk PIO modes and HDD standby delay on the fly!
  • Easier SPLIT/NOSPLIT option management.
  • New FAQ in ReadMeFirst.
  • Now also in French courtesy of Stephane Payet.

Please read ReadMeFirst for more.
Download: FastATA4000v22a30.lha (Translation: mb)

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06.Apr.2000
Michael Burkhardt in ANF


Emergency at IOM - harddisk crash
Bad news from IOM. Due to a hard drive crash all project files, all mails, addresses and many more has been destroyed.

There is however a small chance to revive the hard drive. It is a

Quantum Fireball TM 3.2 GB SCSI HD, type 3200S P/N TM32S012 Rev 02-B

If someone has an idea, we would wellcome your input. If someone owns the same disk and manages to unscrew the circuit board, we would be happy if we could lend it for some time. The disk was connected to the CyberstormPPC SCSI controller, formatted with SFS.

There will be a reward. Please call: +49 (0)9281 7676 990. We couldn't reconfigure the e-mail access yet. Many thanks. (Translation: mb)

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06.Apr.2000
Ralph Reuchlein in ANF


New MUIbase version 1.4
A new version of MUIbase is available for download. Version 1.4 contains several large bug fixes and some expansions. Catalogs are available for German, Swedish, Spanish and French.
Download: MUIbase-1.4.lha (Translation: mb)

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05.Apr.2000
Roman Schaub in ANF


New AMIGA Website online
Since the new IP address has not yet been added to all Domain Name Servers, the "new" www.amiga.com page can be visited at http://209.15.87.244. "New" in quotes because the layout should be well-known from Schindler times.

Changing IPs the week after such an important event; the information given at the show still not available from the website; switching back to a year-old layout, looking even less professional than before... I hope Amiga is better at R&D than they are at PR... (mb) (Translation: mb)

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05.Apr.2000
Andreas Magerl in ANF


Interview with CS & E
Amiga Future did an interview with the UK software company CS & E, which gained popularity with games like "Hong Kong Mahjong" and "The Fugitive" for the PC and "Max Rally" for the Amiga. The interview can be found in the Aktion area at the title link (German). (Translation: mb)

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04.Apr.2000
Sanface Software in ANF


txt2pdf Version 3.3
txt2pdf on the Amiga? Read more about this in an article in the Amiga-Magazin (German). Txt2pdf is a very flexible and powerful PERL5 programm with which you can convert ascii text files to PDF. Read the full press release for more details:

"txt2pdf is a very flexible and powerful PERL5 program (5 penguins at LinuxBerg, 5 cows at TuCows Mac and BeOS). It's a converter from text files to PDF format files.

Why do you need txt2pdf?

Most of your documents are text files. Usually, your reports from legacy applications, DBs, ERP applications, datawarehouse are textual txt2pdf is a PERL5 script, so you can use it in every operating systems supported by PERL5 (View the list of OS tested) txt2pdf is a native converter, you don't need to pass through PostScript format.

txt2pdf is specific for text to PDF conversion, so you can mark yellow, red, green, blue or bold, italic, bolditalic (with PERL regular expression) words in the produced PDF files you can produce a 2-columns PDFyou can add page number in every page you can add text at the beginning and at the end ofevery file.

You can add a border to every page
every word like http://... ftp://... mailto:... https://...
file:... ldap:... news:... will become an URL
you can create a link to a specific page within a PDF document
http://...pdfdocument#pdfmark
every word like mime:... will become a link that
launch the correct application and opens the file
you can use a few parse commands (e.g.[!blue]...[!/blue])
you can use background and foreground layers
txt2pdf supports STDIN and STDOUT
the fee for every licence is $55
SANFACE Software is going to give you a free licence for every good idea or for every good modify

txt2pdf is shareware

The txt2pdf source code is our company core business.
We trust you.
You can test text2pdf and modify it.

You can't use a modify version of txt2pdf for production purpose. You can't resell txt2pdf or a modify version of it without SANFACE Software authorization.

You can't copy part of it to include in your source without SANFACE Software authorization.

What's new in this version

Full Screen page mode support

Possibility to select the page layout from Single Page (deafult), One Column, Two Column Left, Two column Right

Test txt2pdf 3.3!

You can find it in our new site http://www.sanface.com" (Translation: mb)

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04.Apr.2000
Stefan Martens in ANF


One Year Amiga User List
12 Months have now passed. Exactlky on April 4th 1999, the first issue of the AÄUL went online. Now there is an update and many user wishes have been made a reality. There will soon be a version for MUIBase (also for the unregistered version). There are also buttons available that can be used on a persons webpage. (Translation: mb)

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04.Apr.2000
Dirk Stoecker via Email


XAD-System Version 6
Verison 6 of the archiving extraction system "xadmaster.library" is available. Important new features are the support for Arj, Arj-EXE, RAR-Exe, Zip-Exe and BZip2. Currently 38 archive types are supported. However is not familiar with XAD should take a look at it.

There is also a new freeware GUI available called Voodoo-X for all those that don`t like shell tools.

Reminder: When you use free software, drop the author a line and inform them of your appreciation.

Download:
Aminet: xadmaster.lha
Aminet: Voodoo-X.lha (Translation: mb)

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04.Apr.2000
Frank Mariak via Email


MorphOS News
Despite diverse announcements by Amiga Inc. the work on MorphOS continues. As we have already announced a number of developers have already recieved a test version and are checking it for compatibility with existing hardware and expansion cards. We will publish a compatibility list and information at www.morhos.de shortly.

Also available: is Barfly 2.2 (Translation: mb)

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04.Apr.2000



Amiga2K reports from various sources
Hot: Amiga New start with Linux based OS
GNN: Amiga introduces development system - Red Hat as Partner
Amiga is developing Hard,- Software)
Picture report by Onyxsoft
Pictures from the A2K show in St. Louis (Translation: mb)

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04.Apr.2000
Jon Peterson


amiga-news.de Picture report of the A"K show in St. Louis
Jon Peterson has brought us this exclusive pictured report from the Amiga 2000 Show in St. Louis:

AmigaActive

1) AmigaActive magazine. Group from UK with outstanding publication. Comes with cover CD each month. This month features the full version of Scala 1.2. Very well done publication for the Amiga. Representing the company were Mark Hinton.

AmigaProtoDesign

2) Amiga concept design for a tower config. This model shown at the banquet.



3) Another concept design for a desktop model. Just throwing out some ideas..



4) Some of the BoXeR cases being displayed at the show. BoXeR received some very good "promises" of support from AI at the show. Let's hope to see it out...........soon!



5) CompuQuick booth at the show. The largest booth with hundreds and hundreds of CDs as well as just about anything you are looking for in Amiga hardware. Give them a call.



6) Bill McEwen makes the opening speech at the Developer's Conference.



7) Fleecy Moss takes the microphone for the full commitment to a crowded developer's room.

IndividualComputers

8) Individual Computers from Aachen, Germany that produces the Buddha products represented by Jens Schönfeld and Sarah Wittermann with the SoftwareHut folks. Some outstanding hardware products made available for the Amiga. Take a look at their ethernet boards with IDE controller(s) onboard. Amazing!

Haage+Partner

9) Jürgen Haage and Markus Pöllmann preparing for demonstrations of wares from Haage & Partner. StormC, AmigaWriter, and ArtEffect v4.0.

Hyperion

10) Hyperion gaming wares.

NovaDesigns

11) Kermit Woodall of NovaDesigns gives an outstanding demonstration of the ImageFX v4 capabilities.

NordicGlobal

12) Holger Kruse of Nordic Global giving lessons and demonstrations of Miami Deluxe. The first non-beta version will be available this week.

Rebol

13) Holger Kruse and Jeff Kreis of Rebol demonstrating some scripts.

Mr. Hardware

14) Mr. Hardware - another great booth exhibiting at the show. Most of the software for Amiga was available.

NovaDesigns

15) Nova Designs owner Kermit Woodall and Corianna Cohn representing the company. Demos for both ImageFX and Aladdin were run during the show.

Petro/Bob

16) Petro Tyschtschenko awards a crystal plaque to A2K show organizer Bob Scharp at the opening ceremonies.

day setup

17) Opening day setup for the show. Crowds made it a traffic jam.

Petro/Juergen

18) Petro Tyschtschenko and Jürgen Haage in discussions prior to opening ceremonies.

Photogenics

19) Paul Nolan of PhotoGenics with his lovely wife Ela demonstrating v4.5 of the program. PhotoGenics was very well received and Paul sold out for the show.

Markus Pöllmann

20) Markus Pöllmann of Haage & Partner giving a demonstration of StormC compiler during the show.

BS and BMcE

21) Bob Scharp and Bill McEwen make opening day presentation during the show.

SoftLogik

22) Deron Kazmeier of Soft Logik showing off the latest version of the program for the big three OSs. Version 4.5 available shortly. Deron received the AAA award for outstanding Amiga software at the show.

One more thing I just remembered. I was talking to Paul Brestyanszky of AntiGravity at his booth in A2K show. They have purchased the Boxer board and technology effective now. He also received a very good promise of support from Bill McEwen during the show. He mentioned that he had made some good connections during the show to locate hardware for completion of the board which will enable them to (hopefully) get it completed quickly (this year?). (Translation: mb)

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03.Apr.2000
amiga-news.de


More Amiga2K Reports
Czech Amiga News: Amiga2k Picture Report #2
ANN: Banquet Report by Mark Abraham (Translation: mb)

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03.Apr.2000
Czech Amiga News


Amiga2K: BoXer News
Roger Wyatt reports: "Anti-Gravity Products, Santa Monica, California bought the BoXer Technologie from Access Innovations. Blittersoft will manage the worldwide retail.

Paul Lesurf of Blittersoft will become the boss of the office in England. Mick Tinker will work as manager of the BoXer developer section for Anti-Gravity. The BoXer will be manufactured by Anti-Gravity in California (in Los Angeles or Palmdale).

Paul B. of Anti-Gravity has presented the BoXer at the banquet of the Amiga 2K Show. One could see that this computer is far beyond the prototyp status. Actually the developing is in its final and test phase. (Translation: mb)

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03.Apr.2000
Ray McCarthy in ANF


Kickstart Show Update
Kickstart amiga user group based in Surrey, England are pleased to announce more details of their forthcoming show on saturday 27 may 2000. You can win a A1200 just by attending the show or win a hard drive if you win one of the games competions. For more details please goto our website. (Translation: mb)

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03.Apr.2000
Andreas Magerl by eMail


Chat with the editors of Amiga Future
We, the editors of Amiga Future, have often been asked if we could be met in an IRC channel to chat. In the future this will be no problem anymore. If you want to contact us, come to the #AmigaFun channel on the irc.germany.net server. The best time to meet us there is Thursday an Sunday from 21 o'clock on. (Translation: mb)

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03.Apr.2000
LinuxInfo.DE by eMail


Tested: RedHat Linux 6.2
LinuxInfo.DE Announces:
In our reports area a small test report about the new RedHat Linux 6.2 has been put online. The downloadable GPL version of the operating system has been tested. (Translation: mb)

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03.Apr.2000
Czech Amiga News


Amiga companies developing for the new OS
Czech Amiga News seems to be the only source of information about the Amiga 2K show. Roger Wyatt posts a list of Amiga companies developing for the new OS.

Epic, ACT, DCE, Met@box, Scala, Amiga Development, Titan, H&P, Digital Images, Hyperion and Crystal Software will apparently port or develop a total of 117 softwares for the new OS. (Translation: mb)

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03.Apr.2000
Michael Burkhardt in ANF


Miriam 2.0 Homepage reworked
The layout has been reworked by IOM and the screenshot have been shrunk. The main page is now using Javascript.

Miriam 2.0 is a software which controls Lanetco videosplitt computers like those used in monitor walls. Since the original software runs under MS-DOS, a software had been especially developed for the Amiga and used during the Amiga International Inc. Apparition at the Computer '98 fair. In the meanwhile this software has been improved and developed further and has now more functionality than the DOS version. The communication with the splitt computer is also faster th an under MS-DOS. So Miriam is an powerful Amiga software which can be used in professional presentation business. (Translation: mb)

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02.Apr.2000
Czech Amiga News


More details on AMIGA's plans
At Czech Amiga News, Roger Wyatt tells more news from the Amiga show in St. Louis, USA, according to statements made by AMIGA President Bill McEwen.

I can remember one statement from the last Executive Update: "If it is not from our (Amiga Inc.) website, it is not true."
It is quite possible that some details from the Amiga 2K turn out to be April Fool's jokes, or wishful thinking. However, this cannot be all made up. Great things are moving, and I really look forward to the official confirmations on these details... (mb)
(Translation: mb)

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02.Apr.2000
John Chandler [Suite 101]


Amiga Are No April Fools
In his monthly article at Suite101, John Chandler focusses on the happenings on the Amiga 2K in St. Louis. (Translation: mb)

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02.Apr.2000
Fun Time World


New demo version of Audio Evolution
The demo version of the sample software Audio Evolution now supports multiple samples in each track. Additionally, new screenshots can be seen. (Translation: mb)

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02.Apr.2000
Neo in AC


Transscript of IRC Conference with Fleecy
Transscript from Harry "Piru" Sintonen from Finland, who by the way offers many useful tools on his website.

It is astounding how the important messages always come as celebrity numbers. The Amino / Amiga buyout was (almost) message number 2000 on this site. The last Executive Update was #2500, and this is #2700. No kidding! ;-) (mb) (Translation: mb)

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02.Apr.2000
Amiga.org


Amiga2000 Show News by Wayne Martin
Amiga2000 Show News by Wayne Martin. (Translation: mb)

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02.Apr.2000
Carsten Schröder by e-mail


Fleecy Moss informs about developer system and plans
+++ AMIGA-aktuell-Special +++
AMIGA Vice President Fleecy Moss has just informed about the Amiga Developer System and the company's plans on an IRC conference taking place on the Amiga show Amiga 2K taking place today in St. Louis, USA. The important details folow:
  • The Developer System contains an AMD K6 (500 MHz), 64 MB RAM and GeForce 256, which runs the Tao System very well.
  • However only the Virtual Processor is of importance, which already runs on x86, PowerPC, MIPS, ARM, SH4 and other mega-CPUs which will be announced soon.
  • The Developer System currently runs "hosted" on a Linux kernel.
  • Tao only provides the core for the new OS.
  • The kernel has a size of 25 Kb, the whole OS including GUI and Java needs 3 MB RAM.
  • The GUI system is seperated, making it possible to add multiple GUI modules.
  • The first GUI model will be very different from today's AmigaOS GUI, but users are free to create whatever they want.
  • The Developer System should be available in two to four weeks, for everyone.
  • The end-user system is scheduled for this year.
  • Two user groups are targeted: The "digital adventurer" (an expansion of the miga market today) and those who basically don't like computers (Domestic Digital Habitat).
  • The new Amiga website (http://www.amiga.com) will go online in a few days.
  • Developer software will be available from a support website.
  • Later on, the developer software should run on any PC with the named specifications, but support will only be offered for those purchasing the system from AMIGA.
  • Today, partnerships with multi-billion dollar companies will be announced.
  • The Amiga technology will be available for licensing for any company with a good idea and a little money.
  • Today, there will be an announcement concerning AROS (Amiga Replacement OS).
  • AMIGA itself is currently not working on an 68k emulation, but is in contact with several companies willing to take over this job (but for different goals).

Well, I'd like to mention my article posted a few days ago, for those users who have not read it already and now are disappointed by this announcement. (And no, I didn't know anything more than a casual reader of the news and Executive Updates... ;-)) (mb) (Translation: mb)

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01.Apr.2000
Virus Help Denmark


VirusExecutor Version 2.03
VirusExecutor version 2.03 by Jan Erik Olausen
Download: VirusExecutor.lha - 216 Kb (Translation: mb)

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01.Apr.2000
UGN


UGN Events on Amiga 2K
First pictures from the Amiga 2K show can be gathered from the UGN Webcam. The site has a 15-seconds refresh build in. (Translation: mb)

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01.Apr.2000
Markus Schmidt in ANF


Rework of the ICQ user list
All entries of the ICQ user list will be sorted by Postal / ZIP code and country (the first update is online). Since Postal / ZIP codes are missing for several entries, I ask these users to submit them. (Translation: mb)

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01.Apr.2000
Thorsten Schölzel in ANF


CD32 Alliance presents CD32 developer kit
The "CD32 Developer-Kit" is available for free download from the developer site, for all software developers. Thanks to Amiga Inc. giving us permission for this.
Download: cd32dev.lzx - 1.6 MB (Translation: mb)

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01.Apr.2000
Matthias Münch in ANF


AUG99 Poll: Turrican 3D for Amiga?
The game TURRICAN 3D is currently under development for PC, and I want to know from you if you are interested in a port for PPC Amiga. We will forward the poll result to the developers (e.g. Manfred Trenz) / the distributor. We implemented a poll on our homepage (title link). (Translation: mb)

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01.Apr.2000
Frank Mariak by e-mail


MorphOS GCC 2.95.2 developer package PPC released
Here is the MorphOS GCC 2.95.2 (tools) dev pac. ppc GCC2.95.2 crosscompiler and ppc cross binutil 2.9.1 to generate morphos executables. Can also be used for powerup but be aware that the compiler does NOT use 68k structure alignment.
Download: morphos-gcc-tools.lha - 4.1 MB (Translation: mb)

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01.Apr.2000
Virus Help Denmark


Virus Help Denmark News
Virus Help Denmark now offers bootable virus scanners on floppy disk.

VirusChecker II v2.5 & Brain v3.0 & xvs.library v33.21
Download: vhtdk-vc.dms - 494 Kb

VirusZ III v0.94b & xvs.library 33.21 Download: vhtdk-vz.dms - 525 Kb

VT-Schutz v3.16
Download: vhtdk-vt.dms - 426 Kb (Translation: mb)

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01.Apr.2000
Aminet Recent


New Aminet uploads
Hingis.lha           biz/dbase  203K+Martina Hingis tennis singles matches in
TAdesivi.lha         biz/demo    40K+V1.0.1 Ticket editor for TurboGest (ITAL
TBolDEMO.lha         biz/demo    69K+V1.3.0 Material receipt program,(BOLLE M
TComDEMO.lha         biz/demo    68K+V2.4.0 Amiga order program,(COMMESSE ITA
TFat2DEMO.lha        biz/demo    86K+V2.12.0 Amiga Invoice program,(FATTURE I
TProspEd.lha         biz/demo    56K+V1.0.3 Form Editor For TurboFat (ITALIAN
DCF77update.lha      biz/patch  587K+Update for DCF77 3.0-3.9 to 3.10
A-Fix_12032000.lha   comm/ambos  21K+AmBoS-Fix Rel. 12032000 (Sunday 12-Mar-0
A-Fix_30032000.lha   comm/ambos  76K+AmBoS-Fix Rel. 30032000 (Thursday 30-Mar
YamLHArx.lha         comm/mail    1K+ARexx script to handle LHA files in YAM2
AmigADSL-Fr.lha      comm/tcp    18K+French ADSL Documentation + patch for mi
TCPScanner.lha       comm/tcp    17K+TCP-UDP-PortScanner with nmap servicetab
MassDL.lha           comm/www    32K+Less work on WWW Leching. (AWeb) v1.5
PureBasicU1.40.lha   dev/basic  413K+V1.40 - Update file for PureBasic regist
Avr.lha              dev/cross  105K+Atmel AVR Programmer/Assembler
mpatrol.lha          dev/debug  1.4M+Memory allocation debug library. V1.1.3.
SmartCrash.lha       dev/debug   43K+System crash req replacement for OS 2+ V
PFS-Defrag10.lha     disk/optim  19K+New defragmenter for PFS disks
Amiga4ev09HT.lha     docs/mags  371K+German Freeware Mag HTML-Edition
Amiga4ever15.lha     docs/mags  1.2M+Freewaremag(GERMAN) Ausg.15(Mar-APR 00)
life.txt             docs/misc   29K+German(!) SciFi-Story by Insane!
MillenniOS.lha       docs/rview   0K+New Operating System for AMIGA?
D2.lha               game/actio 517K+Great jump'n'run arcade game!Giftware.
kikstart.lha         game/actio 617K+Cool funny driving game, full version!
F1GP_2000.lha        game/data    9K+2000 F1 season data for F1GP-Ed (27 Marc
a51.lha              game/demo  1.8M+Preview of 3D-Shooter with FMV! (German)
WormWars.lha         game/misc  676K+WormWars 5.51a: Advanced snake game
space0.7b.lha        game/shoot 1.2M+Space shooter for 3D graphics card and P
akMPEG4.lha          gfx/show   148K+MPEG player for CyberGfx/AGA V4.40 (68k/
IR-Tuner.lha         hard/hack    9K+Infrared "tuner" for light barriers
TestCard.lha         hard/hack  169K+Testcard generator for PAL/NTSC systems.
TestGear1.lha        hard/hack  325K+Simple test equipment projects, Disk 1.
TestGear2.lha        hard/hack  264K+Simple test equipment projects, Disk 2.
DAlmanac_Ast.lha     misc/sci   1.9M+Asteroids for Digital Almanac II
DAlmanac_Exe.lha     misc/sci   1.4M+Next Generation Planetarium (1.8.12)
ABlues.mpg           mods/boray 3.2M+Mp3 tune by Boray 2000
af-ex-booster.lha    mods/techn 944K+DBM 8ch ->Acid Frog<- acidtrance 143bpm
lns69_trsEp1.lha     mods/techn 108K+Smells like seahorse - minimalistic tech
lns69_trsEp2.lha     mods/techn  52K+Mind Dirt - minimalistic techno (Ep p2)
lns70_gridEp1.lha    mods/techn  71K+Loud heart good - minimalistic techno by
lns70_gridEp2.lha    mods/techn  69K+Progress rmx - minimalistic techno by CI
lns70_gridEp3.lha    mods/techn 123K+Sex - minimalistic techno by CIE (Mono G
lns70_gridEp4.lha    mods/techn 113K+What the hell - minimalistic techno by C
B5_battle2.lha       pix/anim   8.5M+Babylon 5 animation
DetotterButton.lha   util/cdity  11K+Absorb short blackouts of a mouse button
ClrMem.lha           util/cli     2K+Clears memory of a given type
text-dt.lha          util/dtype   8K+Replacement of the text.datatype
xpm-dt.lha           util/dtype  17K+Version 43.2 of the xpm.datatype
Randyprog.lha        util/misc   12K+Run another program with Truely random p
SnoopDos33.lha       util/moni  128K+SnoopDos 3.3, the well known system moni
pdate.lha            util/time   26K+Persian Date replacement (Solar Hejri Da
DirScanner.lha       util/wb     76K+V2.4: Small but powerful filefinder. (MU
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01.Apr.2000
Fun Time World


KATO: problems with the serial port, e.g. in combination with sound cards
If you encounter problems with serial interface cards, or bad transfer rates especially with the Twister1200, we ask you to have a closer look on the essay on Auto-Flow-Control (title link). (Translation: mb)

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01.Apr.2000
Bob Sharp by e-mail


Mr. Hardware Computers - News
Amiga 2K - Press Release

Mr. Hardware Computers will be showing our wireless keyboard and mouse combination model #MRHWKM-1 at the Amiga2K show.

Mr. Hardware Computers will also have our PC to Amiga keyboard adapters with additional functions mapped in.

Mr. Hardware Computers will have the long awaited for S-Base4 version 3.6 available with many fixes.

Mr. Hardware Computers will have a limited supply of New S-Base4 documentation books available. (Translation: mb)

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01.Apr.2000
Amiga Forever


Cross-Plattform Online Edition
The new Cross-Plattform Edition of the Amiga Forever Online Edition is identical to the Windows version, but contains additional options to use Amiga ROM and OS files on Linux, Mac, DOS, and other platforms. (Translation: mb)

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31.Mar.2000
Heise


Heise: Trackerlabels: The pioneers of online music
«In the beginning there was the Amiga, Commodore's flagship in the battle for young home users. For musicians, the box did not have much to offer, everybody with some little equipment in those times went rather for the Atari ST. For the ST, there was professional software like Cubase, and it had a MIDI interface. But the Amiga had many, many colors. 4096, to be exact. That was a lot for the times when expensive PCs had either 4 or 16 colors. Compared to that, the Amiga was something like the first multimedia computer. The fitting multimedia software, though, everybody had to make on his own. And the kids programmed like mad. They cracked commercial game software, replaced their intros with own ones and spreaded their dared animations as so-called demos - some kind of electronic graffiti culture came into existance.

The cult got in motion when 1987 a certain Karsten Obarski published a program named "Soundtracker" for the Amiga. Obarski worked for the game company Eidos and probably wouldn't have dreamed back then that he would have been celebrated more than 10 years later as a hero for this step The Karsten Obarski Tribute Project. But he set with this simple program the foundation for a whole scene.»
Full article under titlelike (site and article in German). (Translation: mb)

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31.Mar.2000
Norman in ANF


AmigaAMP 2.8 BETA-6 released
Download: AmigaAMP28b6.lha (Translation: mb)

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31.Mar.2000
Amiga Advis via eMail


Swedish and danish Amiga magazines
Return-Path:      amigaadvis@vestnet.dk
From:             Amiga Advis amigaadvis@vestnet.dk
To:               team@amiga-news.de
Date: Fri,        31 Mar 2000 06:22:59 +0100
Subject:          Swedish and danish Amiga magazines

Swedish and danish Amiga magazines

It is not only bad things  going  on  in  the  market  for  Amiga
magazines.  About  three months ago the Amiga community in Sweden
again got access to a magazine about Amiga in their own language.
This  magazine  is produced by the danish magazine Amiga Advis in
cooperation with Rolf Eric. He has this good point and  advantage
that he is born and bred in Sweden.

Temporarily he stays in Denmark but have learned  himself  danish
so  therefore  he  is  not  only  a  pawn  in the translation and
publishing in Sweden. We hope that som swedish writers will  join
the  list  of  suppliers  of  articles to the magazines. When the
magazines springs from the same source  they  could  exploit  the
united  efforts.  Both  the  swedish  and the danish editions are
medleys of reviews, courses, notices, correspondence columns etc.
In short, throughout a real magazine with what beongs to that.

But in short  of  costs,  the  magazines  are  not  published  in
colours.  If you are interested in supporting these magazines you
can obtain them in the

following ways:

With swedish and danish regards

Amiga Advis

Svensk och dansk Amigamagasin

Det händer inte bara dåliga saker på Amigamagasin  området  idag.
För  cirka  tre  månader  sedan  fick  AmigaSverige  återigen ett
Amigamagasin. Detta magasin startades av Amiga Advis i sammarbeta
med Rolf Eric som har den fördel att ha varit född och uppvuxen i
Stockholmstrakterna, men bor tillfälligt i Köpenhamn.

Rolf har blivit en viktig bricka i  att  få  de  danska  texterna
översatta  till  svenska.  Dock hoppas vi på att det också kommer
svenska skribenter för att tidningarna  ska  kunna  växa  samman.
Detta  vill  vi  uppnå  för  att  undvika  känslan av att den ena
tidningen kommer ur den andra, så att vi får  en  känsla  av  att
tidningen skapas från samma källa.

Båda  utgåvorna  av  tidningen  är  en  blandning av anmälningar,
kurser, aktuella artiklar, läsarbrev med  mera.  Kort  sagt  helt
igenom  ett  riktigt  Amigamagasin med allt som där tillhör, dock
utkommer Amiga Advis i svart|vitt tryck.

Är du intresserad i att ansluta dig till detta Amigablad, kan  du
anskaffa dig något av dem på följande sätt

Svenskspråkiga Amiga Advis

Den svenska utgåvan har kommit ut med två nummer och  den  tredje
är  snart  kommen  från  tryck och ska vara klar till utgivning i
loppet av en vecka. 1999 (sv) är  på  24  sidor  i  A4format  och
kostar SEK 25,-

2000/01 (sv) är på 36 sidor i A4format och kostar SEK 35,-
2000/02 (sv) och framåt kommer att vara på cirka 36 sidor i A4 och
kosta SEK 35,-

Du kan köpa bladen hos dessa två Amigaförhandlare

GGS-Data, Korsklevegatan 30, GÖTEBORG, SVERIGE, 0046 31 64 43 50
Tricom Data AB, Torsgatan 46, STOCKHOLM, SVERIGE 0046 8 736 02 92
Tricom Data AB, Svartbäcksgatan 41, UPPSALA, SVERIGE 0046 18 12 34 00

Du kan bli prenumerant genom att göra följande

Ta ett inbetalningskort för postgirot och fyll i  det  med  namn,
adress och gärna epost, skriv din beställning, beloppet samt vårt
namn och gironummer. Kom ihåg att skriv tydligt.

1 nummer kostar SEK 35,-
3 nummer kostar SEK 99,-
6 nummer kostar SEK 190,- Alla priser ovan inräknar bara tidningar med styckpriset SEK 35,-. Önskas det köpas in det första numret tillför ni bara beloppet SEK 25,- på räkningen och nämner att ni önskar nummer ett. Vår adress Amiga Advis
Jernbanevej 47
4450 Jyderup
DANMARK sv telefon: 0045 20 43 38 58
sv epost: rifferoffe@mail.tele.dk
Giro SEK: 16 33 94-0 Danskspråkiga Amiga Advis Den danskspråkiga Amiga Advis har kommit ut sedan augusti 1996 och har genom sina många år givit ut iallt 44 nummer. Det danska bladet kan man fortfarande köpas i olika kiosker runt omkring i Danmark och i ett par enstaka kiosker på Färöarna och på Grönland. Du kan också välja att bli abonnent genom att göra följande Ta ett inbetalningskort för postgirot och fyll i det med namn, adress och gärna epost, skriv din beställning, beloppet samt vårt namn, adress och gironummer. Kom ihåg att skriv tydligt. 3 nummer kostar DKK 84,-
6 nummer kostar DKK 162,-
12 nummer kostar DKK 324,- Svenskt og danskt Amiga-magasin Der foregår ikke kun dårlige ting på Amiga-magasinområdet. For ca. tre måneder siden fik Amiga i Sverige igen et Amiga magasin. Dette magasin blev startet af det danske Amiga-magasin Amiga Advis i samarbejde med Rolf Eric som har den fordel at være født og opvokset i Sverige, men som nu midlertidigt bor i Danmark. Under sit ophold i Danmark har Rolf lært sig dansk og med disse engenskaber er han en specielt vigtig brik i at få det danske blad oversat til svensk. Dog håber vi på at der også kommer svenske skribenter til, sådan at disse blade der udspringer af samme kilde, frem for at det ene kun er afskrift af det andet, kan have bidrag fra begge læserkredse. Både det svenske blad og det danske blad er en blanding af anmeldelser, kurser, aktuelle artikler, læserbreve m.m., kort sagt, helt igennem et rigtigt magasin med hvad dertil hører. Dog udkommer Amiga Advis ikke i farver. Er du interesseret i at bakke op omkring disse bladet kan du anskaffe dem på følgende måde: Danmark, Amiga Advis Det danske Amiga-magasin er udkommet siden august 1996 og har gennem sine fire år udgivet i alt 44 numre. Det danske blad kan du fortsat købe i forskellige kiosker rundt omkring i Danmark og i et par enkelte kiosker på Færøerne og i Grønland. Du kan også vælge at blive abonnent ved at gøre følgende: Tag et indbetalingskort til Postgiro og udfyld det med dit navn og adresse, anfør det du bestiller, beløbet samt vores navn, adresse og gironummer. Husk at skrive dit navn tydeligt. 3 numre koster: 84,- Dkr.
6 numre koster: 162,- Dkr.
12 numre koster: 324,- Dkr. Vores adresse:
Amiga Advis
Jernbanevej 47
4450 Jyderup
Danmark dk telefon 59 27 89 91
dk e-post: AmigaAdvis@vestnet.dk
dk Giro nr.: 298-1599 Med svenske og danske hilsner Amiga Advis
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30.Mar.2000
Achim Stegemann via email


Digital Almanac II bugfix update
Now there is a minor bugfix-update for Digital Almanac II available. The update can be downloaded from the homepage of the author.

Also beta-testers for DA III are wanted!
Send an application with a description of your Amiga and your knowledge via email to the author. (Translation: mb)

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30.Mar.2000
Frank Wille


BPPCFix v1.4
BPPCFix v1.4 (27.03.2000) can now remove 68040/060.library, too.
Download: BPPCFix.lha (Translation: mb)

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30.Mar.2000
Scalos


68k assembler programer for Scalos wanted
Scalos developer archive to be re-released very soon (hopefully). We are looking for one more full time 68k assembler coder to help comment the huge main Scalos program and also fix bugs; send your offer to scalos@satanicdreams.com (Translation: mb)

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30.Mar.2000
Be


BeOS 5 Personal Edition
As announced earlier BeOS 5 is now in a "Personal Edition" available for a free download. (Translation: mb)

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30.Mar.2000
DS


VNC-Server for Amiga released
Avnc is a brandnew VNC-server for the Amiga. Now, for example, it is possible to control WindowsNT-PCs with the Amiga via internet. More of this issue VNC you will find under http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/. Download:avnc-beta6.lha (Translation: mb)

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29.Mar.2000
Henk Jonas


MetaView 2.9 released
The solution for clip art users converts from WMF, CGM, GEM, DSDR, DR2D, DXF, XFIG, EPS, WPG, HPGL and CMX to EPS, CGM, GEM, DR2D, HPGL, WMF, JMF, AI, XFIG or ILBM. Also im- and exports AMF (see AmigaMetaFileFormat). Download: MetaView.lha - MetaView.readme (Translation: mb)

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29.Mar.2000
Robert Kühn in ANF


AmigaPeople on the Net
This is a list of Amiga users, where any Amiga user can add himself, to provide help and support to Amiga users nearby. This list is international, and not limited to the German language countries. (Translation: mb)

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29.Mar.2000
Andreas Kleinert by e-mail


akMPEG v4.401 released
Audio support has been improved.
Download: akMPEG4.lha (Translation: mb)

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29.Mar.2000
Stefan Funke by e-mail


PowerPC-World News
The PPC software list of the PowerPC World at Haage & Partner recieved an update. 44 new entries are listed. (Translation: mb)

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29.Mar.2000
Martin Baute


Don't expect too much...
Some thoughts on the upcoming Amiga 2K. Not as negative as it might sound, but some facts to consider:

Don't expect too much - Thoughts by Martin Baute

In three days it will happen. On the "Amiga 2K" in St. Louis, USA, the new developer boxes are presented to the public.

It really seems like, for the first time since the AGA chipset, announcements of a new Amiga technology will be indeed followed up by a real product.

With interest I followed the enthusiastic expectation expressed on mailing lists, chat rooms etc. I hate to pull the brake on this enthusiasm, but I have to call out to many Amigians: Don't expect too much!

To prevent the big outcry after this weekend, "we have been fooled", "Bill and Fleecy aren't better than the people before", I want to have a critic eye on what we are up to.

The hardware that will be displayed in St. Louis will not be different from an off-the-shelf PC. Yes, that means x86. This won't change in the foreseeable future, since Amiga doesn't have a choice.

Yes, I hear the cry: PPC! But where to get one? The only manufacturer of high-power PPC systems in significant numbers is Apple - and their systems are not only more expensive than their x86 counterparts, but also much less documented. Apple simply doesn't tell every anybody all the details of their motherboards, as Be came to realize painfully.

The POP PPC boards by IBM? Except for the one I saw at the Amiga booth in Cologne, I haven't seen one so far. They are real, for sure. But where to get one, for which price?

So swallow the pill and take a x86 board. Let's face it: why not? The CPUs are no beautys, but they offer x times more performance than any (existing!) Amiga PPC boards, they are cheap, and available from the retailer around the corner.

(Well, I see, certain people from the Amiga community will likely hang myself after this article...)

Graphics? Be real, no company in the world can hope to outperform the big players in the business, ATi, Matrox, nVidia, 3DFx etc. just like that. And they, in turn, will most likely not offer some kind of miracle chip exclusively to Amiga.

So we have to settle with "standard hardware" in this area, too.

So what's special about the developer boxes at all?

Software, of course. But what kind of software will that be? If you think about it, you should realize that these systems won't show the new Amiga Desktop.

For one, it would be a miracle if, after a few (three? four?) months of cooperation with the TAO Group, it would be already finished. And if it would, they would ship user devices instead of developer boxes.

What will be running on the developer boxes will be Elate, the real-time core from TAO. Perhaps natively, perhaps "hosted" on e.g. Linux. (And in case McEwen pre-installed Windows on the Amiga developer boxes, I will travel to the USA myself to send him to the asylum.)

This will be supplemented by a documentation of the Elate and intent architectures (intent is the "multimedia layer" from TAO), probably a special version of GCC and a bunch of Includes.

Or, to put it an Amigian way: It will not be the successor of the OS3.5 CD, but the successor of the Amiga Developer CD.

Developers will be happy to get a glance on "the insides". For users, the developer boxes will most likely be as (un-)interesting as the last Cheapo-PC.

The fact that hardware is shipped together with the software at all is to avoid developers having to write drivers for their XY card with ZZ chip at first; at the same time, you don't have to specify your hardware configuration at length when sending in a bug report...

"But when the first end-user products are released, everything will be fine, wouldn't it?"

Sorry I have to pull the brakes on this one, too - no it won't. At least not automatically.

Even if all programmers from the Amiga community get themselves a developer box (and many will not, if not simply for cost considerations); even if ALL existing Amiga software would be available for the new machines in a new version, starting from day 0...

...that would be great for us, and a real miracle. But would it lead to the PC user next door getting himself an Elate-Amiga-whatever instead of upgrading his system?

Your friend wants to buy the PC with monitor, Windows, Word, and Works for 999 USD. Can you (without guilty conscience) recommend buying an Elate-Amiga with Monitor, Elate, AmigaWriter and TurboCalc, PPaint and MUIbase for 999 USD instead?

Yes, I hear ye: It will be much cheaper, because being much more efficient with the ressources.

Sure, and again the Amigians tell the world that AmigaOS is happy with a half-as-fast CPU because being efficient. Don't you remember the sorry glances?

It will take time. It will take the support of software manufacturers porting PROFESSIONAL applications to the Elate-Amiga. It will take applications that, in their elegance, efficiency, and their usefullnes aren't POSSIBLE on any other platform. It will take an unparalleled marketing campaign, and I don't know who will pay for it. It will take strong partners, supporting Amiga financially - because the startup money brought together by Bill and Fleecy won't take forever.

It will take a lack of attention from the competition, with their large amounts of "operative cash" and their monopolistic stranglehold, which could crush the small startup in no time.

You could read from between the lines of the Executive Update that Bill and Fleecy already have big-player companies at hand - just for getting confirmation on this (and to hear names) makes looking at this weekend's happenings at St. Louis worthwhile.

And, after the many years of hoping, waiting, holding out: It will take programmers porting their tools and applications to the new machines with full enthusiasm, with no regard for the collapsing "Classic" market.

Some will say: "I have done my part for the Amiga, now others should take the lead." God knows, I could spend my time with more pleasant things than hours of translations.

But right NOW is the moment when it will be decided: Have the years of holding out been worth it? Right NOW the developers have to take the chance to provide the plattform "new Amiga" with desperately needed software right from the start.

Even if it becomes a success, probably only a few will make the big money with it. But to say now that it won't be a success anyway means saying the recent years went to waste.

And in the last, it will need users more than anything else, spending their money on buying these tools and applications together with the new hardware; creating the foundation for the new users that might follow.

Don't expect too much. But do what you can!

Martin Baute 
mb@amiga-news.de (Translation: mb)

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29.Mar.2000
amiga-news.de


Interview with Thomas Dellert (DCE)
Read this interview with Thomas Dellert (DCE), done by Petra Struck on March 29th, 2000, clarifying the availability of PowerUP products:

Interview with Thomas Dellert, DCE
Author: Petra Struck
Interview partner: Thomas Dellert, DCE Computer Service GmbH, Oberhausen, Germany
Translator: Martin Baute

amiga-news.de: What is the scheduled date for shipping the following products with P5 licence?

Thomas Dellert:
  • BVision: Over 100 already shipped to Vesalia. We ship finished cards daily.
  • Cybervision PPC: Production started last Friday.
  • Cybervision64 3D (bugfixed Version): The first 100 were shipped to Vesalia on March 28th.
  • Cyberstorm MKIII Boards: The first boards were shipped Friday.
  • Cyberstorm PPC604e Boards: We just recieved 400 604-233. I hope we will be able to ship the first boards in the next 10 - 14 days.
  • Blizzard PPC603e Boards: The circuits boards are already in storage. Sadly the delivery of CPUs and CPLDs is being delayed.
amiga-news.de: Why those big delays? What problems did DCE had to fight?

Thomas Dellert: The worldwide shortage of parts is a big problem right now. Here only some exsamples:
  • SMD Kondensator 1 NF. Delivery time 20 weeks.
  • CPLD Logik Chips. Delivery time about 24 weeks.
  • SGRAM for BVision. Delivery time about 15 weeks.
  • Tantal Elkos. Delivery time !!!!! Not this year.....
amiga-news.de: Is there a plan to continue the G4 plans from P5, or has DCE put these to a rest once and for all?

Thomas Dellert: G4 isn't on the list for now. The CPUs probably won't be available this year.

amiga-news.de: Is there a plan of developing new graphic cards?

Thomas Dellert: If we hadn't recieved the Permedia II chipsets, this certainly would have been an issue.

amiga-news.de: Is there contact between DCE and Bill McEwen? If so, can you tell us something about it?

Thomas Dellert: We are in contact. It's about technical details of the PPC boards. I cannot say more about it at this time.

amiga-news.de: The DCE website is partially availalable in German already, will the rest be translated too, and what is particulary interesting, will there be a "news" site, where everybody can see what's new at DCE?

Thomas Dellert: We are working on it. I hope to complete the site in the next 14 days.

amiga-news.de: Will DCE attend the Amiga & Atari show in Neuss, June 2000?

Thomas Dellert: All products will be offered there by Vesalia Computer. We hope that this time we have plenty of stock.

amiga-news.de: Will other retailers recieve products too, or will the hardware only be available from Vesalia in the future?

Thomas Dellert: Vesalia will for sure also ship to other retailers. (Translation: mb)

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29.Mar.2000
AAA


AAA USA Award
The AAA Award for USA will be given to the winner on the Amiga 2K show in St. Louis. (Translation: mb)

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29.Mar.2000
Ami Sector One


New rare demos at Ami Sector One
At Ami Sector One, some very rare demos can be found which are not available on Aminet or Funet. Among others, you can download e.g. "Gate Megademo 1" and "Gate Megademo 2" form the group "Gate" from there. (Translation: mb)

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29.Mar.2000
amiga-news.de


Amiga News now in French, too :-)
The team from AmigaImpact, under the leadership of Stéphane "SteaG" Campan volunteered to translate our news to French :-).

AmigaImpact already offers Amiga news in French since October 1999. This way, a wonderful cooperation begins, since we can provide each other with news about Amiga, making up a perfect match :-). (Translation: mb)

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29.Mar.2000
Markus Fellhauer in ANF


A/NES CGX version 1.18 released
Download: anescgfx.lha - 90 Kb (Translation: mb)

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29.Mar.2000
Volker Mohr in ANF


Amiga & Atari show, Neuss - website now online
As already previously announced, the show has been relocated to the weekend from June 10th to 11th, 2000. More info about the "World of Alternatives" is now available at the title link.

Everything with a name will attend the show: Amiga Germany, Vesalia, KDH, Epic Marketing, Haage & Partner, Schatztruhe, Titan Computer, RBM, Individual Computer, Dreieinhalb-Computer, ACP & TCP, and of course the host, Falke Verlag. (Translation: mb)

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29.Mar.2000
Thorsten Schölzel in ANF


Help forum for CD32 users opened!
At the title link, a new forum for CD32 users has been opened. If you have problems with the CD32, want to buy / sell CD32 games or hardware, you are at the right place there. (Translation: mb)

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29.Mar.2000
Andreas Etzrodt in ANF


Sharks! CD32-Edition no longer "Powered by CD32-Alliance"!
At this place, I want to announce that the upcoming CD32 game Sharks!, coded by Christian Steiner, is no longer supported (powered) by the CD32 Alliance. I don't want to name reasons at this place.

Current information about the games progress can be gathered directly from the programmer: c-steiner@t-online.de, or simply his homepage at the title link. (Translation: mb)

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29.Mar.2000
Michael Pfeiffer by e-mail


Java-Installation for Linux and Wind*ws
The documentation about the installation of java was extended. Now there are different sections which describe how to install Java® (JRE® 1.2.x) and Swing® under Linux and under Wind*ws. Additional there are some special scripts for Wind*ws available which make the installation very easy - only some mouseclicks are necessary now.

(Translation: mb)

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29.Mar.2000
Michael Pfeiffer by e-mail


JavaRunner 1.1 for Linux (PPC and 86x86) and Wind*ws
The new version 1.1 is now available. A bug was removed which took effect only under Linux and some special abilities were included. So the JavaRunner now tries to create the CLASSPATH-environment-variable if it doesn't exists. Additional V 1.1 works perfect with the new JRE® 1.2.x. (Translation: mb)

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29.Mar.2000
Kevin Orme in ANF


Amiga University wants you!
Amiga University needs your support for several areas:

Author: Kevin Orme
URL: Amiga University

Hello fellow Amigans.  I would like to take but a moment of your time to notify you of a new site that isn't quite done yet, but is definitely on the way and hopefully will be able to help *all* of you use your Amigas to the nth degree, as they were designed to be used. 

Due to the excitement being generated by this year's Amiga2K show, we wanted to announce our presence just before the show to jump on the bandwagon.  As Bob Scharp likes to say, Amiga2K is going to be HUGE!

The site is called Amiga University, and located at http://www.amigau.com.  We are currently looking for the following:

1) Visitors to the site, primarily Amiga users from around the globe who want to use their Amiga in new, different ways as well as expand on their existing knowledge of current interests.  Refer to the News page for the sections of the site already done vs. those still under construction (we're about halfway there at present);

2) Faculty for the university.  If any of you have specific Amiga knowledge or experience and would like to share it, please visit our Faculty pages and climb on board, we'd love to have you.  It doesn't matter if your expertise is in hardware hacks, Lightwave animation or MIDI wizardry, the more the merrier!

http://www.amigau.com/Faculty.htm

3) We have other 'projects' we'd like to get underway as soon as feasible.  Please visit our Projects page and decide if you're interested in helping on these/leading others.

http://www.amigau.com/Projects.htm

4) Finally, we will be at Amiga2K, sharing a booth with Northwest Amiga Group (NAG).  Please stop by!  We'll have mousemats and hats for sale, as well as faculty sign up forms and anything else Amiga you want to talk about, we're all ears.

See you at Amiga2K!

Kevin Orme
www.amigau.com
amigau@oz.net (Translation: mb)

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29.Mar.2000
Grzegorz Juraszek by e-mail


New print magazine in Poland
I would like to inform you and all Amiga users that we have started publishing a new paper Amiga magazine in Polish. It is called "eXec" (48 pages, with CD) and will be released on April 8th, 2000 at Amiga Meeting 2000 fair in Lodz. (Translation: mb)

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29.Mar.2000
Andreas Magerl by e-mail


APC & TCP looking for graphic artists and programmers
We are urgently looking for an excellent graphics artist to work on the Pulsator project. Please contact Andreas@apc-tcp.de by e-mail.

Additionally, we could need a good Blitz Basic programmer with experience in writing games. (Translation: mb)

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29.Mar.2000
Efim Shuvikov by e-mail


IBrowse2 extension
First big support for IBrowse2. This project allows IBrowse to view the sites which uses dynamic fonts technology (tag FONT FACE). Expand your IBrowse2.2 with Cascading Style Sheets. (Translation: mb)

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28.Mar.2000
Dietmar Knoll by e-mail


AFD-Copyright news
Here some news on the project "AFD-Copyright"TM or "Standard Amiga FD-Software Copyright Note"TM. This copyright notice is an offer to all Amiga developers wanting to release FD-Software, be it freeware, giftware, shareware or whatever.

AFD-Copyright is now available in fifteen (15!) languages - in two formats each, plain text or HTML file. The latest extension has been the Russian translation by Andrew Boyarintsev and Oleg Sergeev.

The files can be downloaded from the Official Support Site for AFD-COPYRIGHT - single file or complete archive. The address is http://AFD.home.pages.de (title link).

The webmasters among you are asked to add this to your hotlist. If home.pages.de should be offline again, you can also find the site directly at http://www.dknoll.myokay.net/AFD/. (Translation: mb)

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28.Mar.2000
Bob Sharp by e-mail


Amiga 2K Banquet Ticket Announcement
Amiga 2K - Press Release - March 27, 2000

The Amiga 2K show is fast approaching. With more exhibitors and advance ticket sales than ever before. It is shapping up to be a great show.

Be certain to check the web for information about the Banquet. We have been able to secure the ability to sell tickets to the Banquet right up to Saturday, providing we don't sell out. Tickets are limited, so if you want to be absolutely positive you get one, send your check via overnight mail to:

Amigan-St. Louis - PO Box 672 - Bridgeton, MO 63044

Banquet tickets are $35 each. Check or money order only please.

See you at the show! - Bob Scharp (Translation: mb)

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28.Mar.2000
Elbox Support by e-mail


New software for MROOCHECK PC-Wheel-Mouse-Interface by Elbox
New software for Wheel support for MROOCHECK PC Mouse Interface. Also included in this release is FreeWheel - the commodity which converts wheelmouse events into scrollbar movement or cursor key movements. It can also map several useful functions to the wheel button, and a fourth mouse button. Read more in ReadMeFirst.

The Mroocheck interface guarantees full compatibility of these devices with Amiga computers (wheel and extra button functions included). The basic advantage over the solutions, which are based around connecting mouses to the Amiga serial port is that a mouse/trackball connected through the Mroocheck interface is active as soon as in the early-startup-menu, not only after the computer software drivers are started. Obviously enough, Mroocheck does not block the serial port in Amiga.

Download: Mroocheck10FW11b.lha (Translation: mb)

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28.Mar.2000
Aminet Recent


New Aminet uploads
catalog.lha          biz/dbase   32K+Create a database of your disks or CDs (
OnyxBase.lha         biz/dbase  110K+Great address book manager with lots of 
TMagDEMO.lha         biz/demo    74K+V0.8.0b Amiga storage program,(MAGAZZINO
MoneyManager.lha     biz/misc   159K+A new improved version of the nice and f
DCF77update.lha      biz/patch  587K+Update for DCF77 3.0-3.9 to 3.10
amirc.lha            comm/irc   799K+Fully featured GUI IRC Client (v3.3)
amirc_68000.lha      comm/irc   223K+68000/OS2.x version of AmIRC (v3.4)
MagicFile_46r3.lha   comm/maxs  168K+Automated file menus & MUCH more, 4.6r3
TATty.lha            comm/misc   42K+Internet Dial Cost By Mak41 V1.20 Italia
AMarquee50.lha       comm/net   259K+V50.11 TCP Data Broadcast System (librar
AmiComSys.lha        comm/net   325K+V1.32 Personal Communicator like ICQ (MU
nullsana.lha         comm/tcp    33K+Mac/Amiga connection Sana2 V2 device
YGM.lha              comm/tcp   129K+Checks POP3 mailboxes for new mail
TASC.lha             comm/thor   29K+Thor Automated Spam Complaint script v2.
CheckHTML.lha        comm/www   204K+Checks HTML files
crs-brsg.lha         demo/aga   253K+BrainSurgery demo by CoRRoSioN
crs-ss3.lha          demo/aga   138K+Ss3 invitation intro by CoRRoSioN
wpz-frozen27.lha     demo/aga   579K+Frozen#27 - TRSAC Party Edition
crs-40kin.lha        demo/intro  48K+40k intro pack intro by CoRRoSioN
crs-alife.lha        demo/intro 130K+AnotherLife boardtro by CoRRoSioN
crs-crime.lha        demo/intro 202K+'crime does not pay' dentro by CoRRoSioN
crs-down.lha         demo/intro  82K+'down with the blue' intro by CoRRoSioN
crs-lqs.lha          demo/intro  67K+Liquid Sky boardtro by CoRRoSioN
crs-party.lha        demo/intro  87K+'crs party intro' by CoRRoSioN
crs-xtcf.lha         demo/intro  17K+Ecstacy boardtro by CoRRoSioN [v1.2]
DKG-ST14.lha         demo/mag   2.7M+Showtime 14 by Darkage!
Oepir10.lha          demo/mag   398K+Oepir Risti issue 10
FirstExt.lha         dev/amos     1K+Little Extension AmosPro (Balrog Soft)
clockita.lha         dev/basic   48K+Italian clock with alarm + source code
PMM.lha              dev/c      1.2M+Project-Make-Manager (PMM) for vbcc
mpega_in_e.lha       dev/e        4K+Example how to use mpega.library with Am
Python152_Doc.lha    dev/lang   817K+Python 1.5.2 documentation (HTML)
flexy.lha            dev/misc    67K+FLEXY v1.1  A very user-friendly GUI for
Flexy.lha            dev/misc    86K+FLEXY 1.2  A very user-friendly GUI for 
MCC_MysticView.lha   dev/mui     96K+MysticView custom class for MUI
IdentCDR.lha         disk/cdrom  18K+Identifies CD-R/W media (update!)
fat95.lha            disk/misc   40K+Win95/98 compatible file system
PFS-Defrag10.lha     disk/misc   19K+New defragmenter for PFS disks
PFS3ud.lha           disk/misc  216K+PFS3 undelete 
SV-Discount.lha      docs/anno    5K+Shareware bundle and RegNet information 
AIOV34.lha           docs/mags  315K+Amiga Information Online, Issue 34 (Marc
AFD-Files1-15.lha    docs/misc  137K+Standard Copyright Note in 15 languages
jafeb00.lha          docs/misc   53K+JUST-AMiGA mailing list msgs for all of 
freeciv.lha          game/2play 824K+Amiga Version 1.9 => Freeciv 1.10.0
sharksmulti.lha      game/actio 323K+Great Action-diving OCS/AGA ! V1.4
F1GP_2000.lha        game/data    9K+2000 F1 season data for F1GP-Ed (12 Marc
Foundation_dt.lha    game/data    5K+Alternate German catalogs for Foundation
AmiUHS_12.lha        game/hint   18K+V1.2, Universal Hint System (UHS) Reader
SaveEd.lha           game/misc   94K+Universal save game editor
WormWars.lha         game/misc  683K+WormWars 5.5: Advanced snake game
Frotz232r11.lha      game/role  241K+Infocom game interpreter
YAGAC.lha            game/role  416K+Graphic adventure creator v0.8b (Balrog 
MadMatrix.lha        game/think  15K+Hard MUI game with very simple rules. ( 
MUI_FreeCell.lha     game/think 285K+Amiga MUI version of well-known solitair
CMNDR-ImageFX.lha    gfx/ifx     66K+Customizable GUI for ImageFX
mccontrol.lha        hard/hack  309K+V1.41 PSX MemoryCard Reader
A4k2towerDIY.lha     hard/misc  3.3M+Convert your A4000 desktop to tower!
Basic35Manual.lha    misc/emu   172K+Commodore Basic 3.5 manual
BlackUnZipGui.lha    misc/emu    29K+A Gui for Zip-Files with password
BSNES9xGui.lha       misc/emu    70K+A great gui for SNes9x
BSNESGui.lha         misc/emu    69K+A great gui for WarpSNes
BSNESMagyar.lha      misc/emu     3K+Hungarian Catalogs for BlackSNESGui
Nostalgia.lha        misc/emu   210K+THE Multi-Emulation system, support for 
imdbDiff000303.lha   misc/imdb  1.8M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
imdbDiff000310.lha   misc/imdb  1.4M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
imdbDiff000317.lha   misc/imdb  1.7M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
MoonDial.lha         misc/sci    33K+Graphically shows the moons phase. V1.4
adt.c                misc/unix   78K+Aminet Download Tool 2.5, minor update
Midnight.mpg         mods/elbie 2.0M+Midnight in Mordor [Dark Classical] by E
l_basis.lha          mods/jungl 385K+Drum & Bass flavor
L_BASIS.lha          mods/jungl 385K+Drum & Bass flavor
twig_neve.lha        mods/med   323K+NeverFinished, a tune by DJTwiglet
vdo_scot.lha         mods/techn 402K+the 44th voodoo release
XGMain1.6.lha        mus/midi    69K+New XGMainEdit for YAMAHA XG-Devices
TheMPegEncGUI.lha    mus/misc    55K+GUI 4 Ncode, MusicIn, Lame, BladeEnc, Pe
amiga.jpg            pix/art     19K+Jpg picture with fxPaint
amiga1200.jpg        pix/art     26K+Jpg picture with fxPaint
balloon.jpg          pix/art     10K+Jpg picture with fxPaint
lightmyfire.jpg      pix/art     12K+Jpg picture with fxPaint
YeehaaAmigaBk.lha    pix/art    148K+Rachel Raccoon pictures by Leslie Dietz
Alien_vs_Borg.jpg    pix/mark   600K+Borg vs. Alien - Who is more dangerous?
Ambassador.jpg       pix/mark   534K+My first PPC-rendered Picture
Enterprise-C.jpg     pix/mark   302K+Enterprise-C in outer space (Star Trek)
IkeWB1.jpg           pix/wb     125K+800x600-16 OS3.5 WB featuring OpusMI
BareED.lha           text/edit  129K+A simple text-editor for the use of non-
APT-Watch.lha        util/batch   4K+Execute command upon file change (v1.00)
GatewayTools.lha     util/cli   936K+Various tools for use in CLI
StarDate.lha         util/cli   124K+StarDate-Clock (CLI) for free use
VersCheckV2.lha      util/cli   847K+Check your libs,MUI,devs,dtypes,classes,
akJFIF-dt.lha        util/dtype 193K+AkJFIF-dt V44.78 (JPEG, 68000-060, PPC/W
akNAIL-dt.lha        util/dtype 106K+AkNAIL-dt V44.10 (NAIL, 68000-060)
akPNG-dt.lha         util/dtype 201K+AkPNG-dt V44.78 (PNG, 68000-060, PPC/WOS
akTIFF-dt.lha        util/dtype 206K+AkTIFF-dt V44.78 (TIFF, 68000-060, PPC/W
GatewayLibrary.lha   util/libs   83K+Shared Library with many functions
SetTaskPri.lha       util/moni   17K+Sets the priority of a task/process. (MU
DRemind.lha          util/time  118K+Reminds you whenever you want.. v1.53!
SetDST.lha           util/time   62K+Adjusts time for Daylight Saving Time
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28.Mar.2000
Czech Amiga News


AIO issue 34 finished
Mark Tierno releases his first issue as AIO editor.
Download: AIOV34.LHA (Translation: mb)

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28.Mar.2000
Czech Amiga News


Toms Commodore Emulation Website
Tom has recieved permission by Dave Haynie to post some of his videos from his time at Commodore, West Chester, PA as .mpg. All in all, six different .mpg files are available for download. (Translation: mb)

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27.Mar.2000
Achim Schmidt by eMail


Linux concepts: device management under Linux
The free Linux information service linuxinfo.de put the third part of the Linux concepts series online. This part is covering the device management under Linux. The text is as usual available in the Dokumentation / Konzepte area. (Translation: mb)

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27.Mar.2000
Plantamiga by eMail


Planetamiga Austria presents a completely renewed online offer
Planetamiga is proposing a completely reworked and at the same time the first Amiga online shop featuring a shoppingkart system in Austria since today. After the former version of the Planetamiga site had somewhat aged, Planetamiga decide to realise a completely new idea. The design and structure of the page is decent, but the contents is expandable.

Most interesting for austrian Amiga users might become the Planetamiga-Newsletter which does not only send actual information about the Amiga directly to the private mailbox, but will also inform about the most recent deals. Planetamiga is also planning a bannerfree Webinterface for webmasters. Since this is not ready it will not be described yet. (Translation: mb)

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27.Mar.2000
Achim Klopsch in ANF


Hardware meeting of the IMAGE usergroup
On the 1st of april there will be a hardware meeting in Nürnberg, Mannertstrasse 10 (side entrance JVA) beetween 09:00 and 24:00 h. If you want to attent please contact Jörg Karisch (joerg.karisch@student.fh-nuernberg.de) or Tel.: 0911-317459. You can also get a road description there. Don't forget your extension leads and plugs. (Translation: mb)

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27.Mar.2000
Bob Scharp by eMail


Amiga 2K Press Release
The big Amiga 2K Show in St. Louis will begin on Saturday. Find a list of all the events and happenings at the show under http://www.amiga-stl.com/show.html. The full press release:

Return-Path:     bscharp@icon-stl.net
From:            Bob Scharp
Subject:         Amiga 2K Press Release - Events page now up on website


Amiga 2K
Press Release

April 25, 20000


The "Events and Schedule" page is now up. You can find out
all the exciting things planned for the Amiga 2K show in
St. Louis, MO. USA by visiting our web site at:

     http://www.amiga-stl.com/show.html

Then click on the link to the "Events" page.

Lots of classes and seminars are listed for Saturday April 1
and Sunday April 2. Plus other items of interest for
developers and exhibitors on listed for Friday March 31st.
More will be added soon.

If you're a Developer for Amiga software or hardware, you
should consider attending the Developer Conference being
held on Friday. Check out the page and click on the "DevCon"
button to get to the Developer Form.

If you are an Amiga user, and haven't decided to attend yet,
now's the time to do so. Check the classes and seminars. I
know you will find items that will interest you. Check the
list of exhibitors. More will be added Sunday too. There
are more exhibitors than last year. Lots of door prizes too!

See you at the show. The largest Amiga show in the Americas.

Regards,
Bob Scharp

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Bob Scharp,
bscharp@icon-stl.net                   ____
Amigan-St. Louis           /\         |___|   || //
P.O. Box 672              //\\           ||   ||//
Bridgeton, MO 63044      //__\\          ||   | /
U.S.A.                  /_____ \        //    ||\\
                       //      \\      //     || \\
                      //        \\    //__    ||  \\
                     //          \\  |____|   ||   \\

WOW! Amiga 2K is going to be HUGE!  http://www.amiga-stl.com
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27.Mar.2000
Cloanto by eMail


Amiga Forever News
Some news about the Amiga Forever CD Cloanto. First there are new files for the Amiga Forever 3.0 CD. There are new links to legal download sites for classic Amiga games and softwares on the Amiga Forever Homepage.

Return-Path: info-reply@cloanto.com
From:        "Cloanto.com Information" info-reply@cloanto.com
Subject:     Amiga Forever News from Cloanto (Always Hot, Never Vaporware!)
Date:        Sun, 26 Mar 2000 11:35:29 +0200

HOT NEWS FROM THE AMIGA FOREVER TEAM

While some of the most enthusiastic (and lucky) emulation users are
reporting faster-than-060 Amiga speeds on their new GHz-class PCs,
Cloanto just made available a new set of Amiga Forever 3.0 files at
http://amigaforever.com/. The Amiga Forever home page also includes new
links to legal downloads of classic Amiga games and other software.

Amiga Forever Online Edition is now also available in a convenient
cross-platform ZIP archive. All Amiga ROM, Workbench and the preinstalled
System and Work configurations are ready to run on any platform for which
the UAE or Fellow Amiga emulators are available (e.g. Linux, Mac, DOS, etc.)
As our users already know, Amiga Forever includes a legal and official
license to all Amiga technology (patents, copyrights, trademarks, etc.)
which is implemented in the resulting emulation configuration.

Both the Windows and the cross-platform version of Amiga Forever were
brought up-to-date with the latest versions of the bundled third-party
software, and are now being released after extensive tests. The WinUAE
emulation software has also been updated. The Workbench now opens in an RTG
screen mode by default, resulting in a faster system. Also, Martin R.
Huttenloher, author of MagicWB, kindly allowed us to use his original color
scheme, so that the Amiga Forever Workbench environment, without further
changes or add-ons, can now properly display both NewIcons, GlowIcons and
MagicWB icons. This is something which not even "Amiga OS 3.5" can do!

The new Amiga Explorer 3.5 software, which can be used to connect an Amiga
to one or more Windows systems, is available alone for $19.95, or included
in either the Windows or the cross-platform version of Amiga Forever, which
cost $29.95. The Amiga Forever Plus Pack, which includes a collection of
additional ROM and Workbench files of historical interest, and an interview
(MP3 audio) with the late Jay Miner, "Father of the Amiga", is available at
the special promotional price of $9.95 with every order of Amiga Forever.


LINKS

Amiga Forever Home Page
http://cloanto.com/amiga/forever/

Amiga Explorer Home Page
http://cloanto.com/amiga/explorer/

Cloanto Logo Graphics
http://cloanto.com/profile/

Banners
http://cloanto.com/banners/

Cloanto Home Page
http://cloanto.com/

Email
info@cloanto.com
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27.Mar.2000
Ralf Gruner by eMail


New tip by Ralf Gruner - floppydisk backup
Ralf Gruner send us concise instructions and a small script to created floppydisk backups. (Translation: mb)

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27.Mar.2000
Dhomas Trenn by eMail


Press release: Commander-ImageFX (configurable GUI)
Commander by Dhomas Trenn is a software which creates configurable graphical user interfaces for other softwares. Actually Dhomas has adapted his software fo ImageFX:

From:          Amiga News: Press Announcements dhomas@youngmonkey.ca
Reply-To:      news@youngmonkey.ca
To:            Amiga News: Press Announcements
Date:          Sun, 26 Mar 2000 15:09:41 -0400
Organization:  young monkey studios
Subject:       Announce: Commander-ImageFX (Customizable GUI)

About Commander
---------------
One of the drawbacks of many programs is the lack of a customizable
user interface. Functions, such as ARexx scripting and plug-ins, often
have to be started via file requesters or multi-level menus. This
approach can slow down your workflow - and often hinder your creative
energy.

ImageFX, for example, lacks a customizable (or updated) command
interface. When new modules/hooks scripts are added to the program
(home-made, pd, shareware, or commerical) you're required to select
those functions through a file requester or other means. This can slow
down the creative process. Commander is the solution to that problem.

Features
--------
- Can control any program that has an ARexx command set. A "GENERIC"
  demo is available to demonstrate Commander's capabilities regardless
  of what application you want to use it with. If you have an
  application that you would like to see Commander support for, please
  let us know.

- Commander is currently available for: ImageFX. See special features
  below.

- Extensive customization allows the user to design multiple
  interfaces for all kinds of different approaches to working.
  Just about everything is customizable, including: layout, fonts,
  gadgets, colors, images, etc.

- Openable on any public screen. Can be run multiple times on the same
  screen and/or on different screens, each with a different or same GUI.

- Can control more than one application from one GUI.

- GUIs are designed external to the main program. This minimizes memory
  requirements and increases the interface speed.

- Includes useful examples and tutorials to get you started. Example
  files can be modified to meet your needs, or new interfaces can be
  created.

ImageFX Features
----------------
- Works with any version of ImageFX under WB2.x or higher.

- Full control of ImageFX via it's ARexx command set. Now you can have
  immediate access to all those extra hooks and effects that aren't part
  of the standard ImageFX GUI.

- Commander can start automatically when ImageFX starts. Quitting
  Commander can also quit ImageFX.

- Can be run multiple times on different screens, for multiple
  simultaneous iterations of ImageFX.


What Will Commander Do?
-----------------------
Commander allows you to customize your own GUI for supported
applications, giving you the ability to directly access your favourite
ARexx commands, scripts, and plug-ins in a way that works best for you.

If you use a large screen (1280x1024) you may wish to have numerous
independently movable panels of grouped commands. If you use a smaller
display (640x400) you may prefer to have a page flipping type
interface. Or you may want to have multiple configurations for
different kinds of workflow. Commander can do it all.

What Won't Commander Do?
------------------------
Commander won't help you to be creative, but it will help your creative
flow by avoiding the hinderance of a cumbersome GUI.

Requirements
------------
- WB 2.x+
- Text editor
- A supported application (see above)


FOR MORE INFORMATION and to download a demo
-------------------------------------------
email: Commander@youngmonkey.ca
www: http://www.youngmonkey.ca/hands/files/Commander/
-----------------------------------------------------------

dhomas trenn

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mailto:dhomas@youngmonkey.ca    -    http://www.youngmonkey.ca/
797 Mitchell Street, Fredericton, NB, E3B 3S8, Canada
Phone:  (506) 459-7088
-------------------------------------- young monkey studios ---
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27.Mar.2000
Christoph Kimna by eMail


Prerelease of the FTP client ATC
A new prerelease of the fantastic FTP client AmiTradeCenter by Matthias Böcker has been available for a couple of days now. The software is very performent, is very stable and has extended configuration possibilities; even a Tetris game, to shorten the download time, and a graphical CPS display have been build in. (Translation: mb)

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27.Mar.2000
Andreas Magerl by eMail


APC&TCP has a new URL
APC/TCP has got a new URL from now on: http://www.apc-tcp.de/ and Andreas Magerl a new eMail adress: Andreas@apc-tcp.de. Andreas is available as usual from now on.

Please correct your bookmarks, link pages and mailing lists. Members of the club, who have got a hompage at APC/TCP, should consider that their URL has changed too: http://www.apc-tcp.de/members/xyz (Translation: mb)

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27.Mar.2000
AmigaGlobe


A.G.N.U.S
A.G.N.U.S is a new link directory "Amiga Emulation Directory" which covers the subject of emulation. There you can also read the interview with Dominic Schmidt and Torsten Giebl, authors of the Fellow project. (Translation: mb)

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27.Mar.2000
Torsten Dudai


New cartoon: The mighty magician




Please use this occasion to visit the homepage of cartoonist Torsten Dudai. Torsten has redesigned and completely reworked his site recently. You can read how caricatures are created for example. (Translation: mb)

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26.Mar.2000
Robert Konrad in ANF


Indiana Jones 4 part 2
Robert Konrad, PR-manager of "Indy Project", writes:
As you can see on http://indyproject.de (title link), there will be an Amiga version of Indy Project. I will see after it. Perhaps I will need some more people, perhaps I am good enough myself until then to handle it myself. See, it will take some time until the game is close to completion, and before starting the port makes sense. I don't expect major problems with the port, but there won't be a disk version :-(

If there are still some Turrican fans around, you should have a look at turrican.emucamp.com. (Translation: mb)

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26.Mar.2000
Matthias Henze in ANF


Informations about stormamiga.lib and HSMathLibs
At the title link, you find the latest informations about the status of development and future of stormamiga.lib and HSMathLibs. (Translation: mb)

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25.Mar.2000
Håkan Parting in ANF


New online registering, new homepage and new version AmiCompSys 1.32
Håkan Partings website holds many new items. By virtue of a cooperation with ShareIt, he now offers SSL online registering for AmiCompSys. Credit cards like MasterCard, Visa, Diners and American Express are accepted. Cheques and bank transfers are also accepted as before.

The new website http://www.parting.nu/ is now also home for his other programs VersionWB, AMarquee and GlossTask.

Today, version 1.32 of AmiCompSys has been released. (Translation: mb)

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25.Mar.2000
amiga-news.de


Amiga News now in Turkish, too :-)
The team of the online mag AmigArt will translate our news to Turkish starting immediately. This is a great day for us; amiga-news.de in two new languages on the same day! We are proud to be available in six local languages, and want to send greetings to all translators on this occassion :-). (Translation: mb)

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25.Mar.2000
Bernward Hofmann by e-mail


Disk icons with "label"
Bernward Hofmann did send us a new submission for our Tips and Tricks site. If you have multiple disk drives connected, this is the tip for you, since Bernward explains in detail (in German... :-/), what you have to do to recognize at first glance which of your disk drives just recieved a new disk.

Many thanks for this tip. If you have more tips for this site, feel free to send them to ps@amiga-news.de. (Translation: mb)

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25.Mar.2000
Rainer Benda


Computer Reseller News 12/00
The magazine "Computer Reseller", in its 12/00 issue, reports about the Amiga comeback. read the full article (German) at the title link. (Translation: mb)

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25.Mar.2000
amiga-news.de


Amiga News now in Polish, too :-)
Starting immediately, Piotr Pawlowski will support amiga-news.de by translating our news to Polish two to three times a week, and posting it to his website. So we are available in five languages already. Piotr is from Kielce, studying Economy, Finance and Banking at the SGH (Warsaw School of Economics). (Translation: mb)

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24.Mar.2000
Steven Flowers via eMail


Two new games (Website currently down)
Alive Mediasoft will publish two new games in April: Super Taekwondo Master and Cedric and the Search for the Magic Sceptre. Super Taekwondo Master is a 2D action simulation with one- and two-player modes.

Cedric and the Search for the Magic Sceptre is an action role-playing game in which you play the role of the heroic Cedric who undyingly fell in love with the daughter of the king. This love is reciprocated, but of course the king won't let his daughter marry a commoner. One day the king's magic sceptre is stolen, and Cedric now gets the chance to raise his reputation by returning the sceptre. In the process, Cedric has to master some adventures. (Translation: mb)

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24.Mar.2000
Stephan Rupprecht per eMail


Program updates
As the Aminet server is currently down I would like to remind that all my software projects are available for download on my website (title link). Some programs were updated (e.g. RAWBInfo, PrintManager, IcoDT,...) since the server was down. (Translation: mb)

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24.Mar.2000
Thomas Kisner in ANF


Launch of www.amigan.com
On April 3rd http://www.amigan.com will launch. My work DNS server just picked it up this morning, so do not be distressed if it does not come up, it exists I assure you :) (look at www.qwhois.com to see). This is web site is owned by the newly formed Grapevine Computers Inc., and will eventually include many features, at this point I'm not sure which ones will be operational at launch date. It is being run on a fully Pearl/CGI enabled Linux web server with a secure site certifcate for secure online purchases.

The idea behind this corporation is that it will be 100% owned by Amiga users, and at launch date users may purchase shares of stock no matter where in the world they live (We've contacted the IRS on how to do this). We want to compete with the very few online vendors of Amiga products that have a monoply like effect selling upgrade parts and replacement parts for very high prices for classic Amiga. We will also be a dealer for the new Amiga. I've contacted Bill McEwen but I haven't heard back from him (he's a busy guy I'm sure), to get the offical Amiga blessing. All shareholders will get a discount on items for sale, and right now were planning on members of the board of directors getting products at cost. Shares of common stock will be sold for $1 US, and anyone can purchase a few as one share. It is a privately held close corporation, in in will operate pursuant to the Texas Close Corporation Act (my lawyer talking there).

We're also looking for a couple people. One, someone to translate the site into German and and server as a coordinator and contact for operations for German. Second, someone to serve as a cordinator and contact for operations in England. Stock will be traded in consideraton for these positions, and they will eventually will be paying positions when we get off the ground. This is by no means full time (it's not going to be full time for me either, even though my girlfriend sure thinks it is). Interested persons can e-mail president@amigan.com . If their DNS servers are not updated yet, they can e-mail tom@grapevinecomputers.com .

Further details will be released on April 3rd on the website. Anyone having quesitons can e-mail me.

Thanks, Tom Kisner, President/CEO, Grapevine Computers (Translation: mb)

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24.Mar.2000
Herbert Markart in ANF


300 gigabyte harddisk comes
«The harddisk manufacturer Seagate has achieved a new record regarding data density. The company succeeded in saving a density of 45 gigabit per inch square [7 gigabit per centimeter square]. Converted to a regular harddisk with five metal drives this results in a harddisk size of 300 gigabyte.» (Translation: mb)

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24.Mar.2000
Andreas Kleinert via eMail


New ak-Datatypes
In the support area are new ak-Datatypes. Make use of the bundle offers which you can register directly through Regnet. Also updated was the PRESS FEEDBACK page. (Translation: mb)

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24.Mar.2000
Designburo.nl via eMail


Graphical Artists Competition
APRIL GRAPHICAL ARTISTS COMPETITION
OOSTERHOUT (NB)-NL -- 24/3/00 -- C&C · Logo and Design, an innovative and Benelux based designing company, is looking for a Graphical Artist by ways of competition.

Up to the 30th of April 2000 we welcome any graphical artist, who is interested in doing some parttime work for our company, to join the contest.

All the details can be found at our website http://www.designburo.nl (Translation: mb)

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24.Mar.2000
Steven Flowers via eMail


Alive Mediasoft website down
Within 6 hours of Alive's new web site being launched, we have exceeded our monthly traffic allowance! As we are already on our providers premium gold account we cannot increase the bandwidth any further with them. The site is still there but many people are find it impossible to get on as it's just too busy. We are in contact with several larger internet providers to find someone to cope with the traffic. As soon as we find one we'll move the site and hopefully see no more problems.

Sorry for the inconvenience, but do keep trying - you never know it may calm down in the next few day! (Translation: mb)

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24.Mar.2000
Olliweb


Testkernel 2.2.3pre1 for m68k Linux
A compiled testkernel 2.2.3pre1 for m68k Linux is available in the download area. (Website in German) (Translation: mb)

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24.Mar.2000
Amiga.org


Mitchy back online!
After the server move, the link directory of Amiga.org Mitchy is back online with many improvements and new layout. Mitchy now has its own domain and can be reached directly under http://search.amiga.org/. (Translation: mb)

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24.Mar.2000
Sebastian Bauer


New FreeCiv Version 1.9 released
Download: freeciv.lzx - 735 Kb

SimplePost Version 0.1 released SimplePost is a postscript previewer for Amiga. Currently there's only some kind of beta version as some important features as e.g. printing are still missing. OS3.0 and MUI are required.
Download: simplepost.lzx - 645 Kb (Translation: mb)

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