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28.Feb.2004
small world (ANF)


 New PhotoCDs from the Digital-Album series
The CDROM series "Digital Albums" has been extended. Every CD contains many photos, scanned using the latest CANON technology or directly via Sony Cyber-shot digitally recorded. Because of the high resolution the pictures are of course ideal for DTP and websites design, too. The prices for a CD vary from 5,- to 8,- EUR.

Right now available are the following "Digital Albums":
Argentina, Brazil, Cars and Racing, Galicia, Lisbon, Majorca, Mexico, Netherlands, Paris, Tenerife, Toscana and Valley of the Kings & The Nile.

All pictures come in the JPG format and the covers were created on Amiga using ArtEffect. (nba) (Translation: wk)

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28.Feb.2004
MorphOS-News.de (website)


 Pegasos: Turkish quickstart guide for MorphOS installation
With a Turkish version is Jürgen Lucas's quickstart guide for the MorphOS installation on the Pegasos now available in seven languages. Next to German, English and French these are Italian, Spanish and Swedish. (snx) (Translation: wk)

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28.Feb.2004
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


 APC&TCP and Amiga Future move
Andreas Magerl wrote:

"APC&TCP and the Amiga Future have moved to a new address.

Our new address is:

Postfach 20
83234 Übersee

We can't be contacted via the address Postfach 82 and Dorfstraße 17 any more!

http://www.apc-tcp.de http://www.amigafuture.de" (cg) (Translation: wk)

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28.Feb.2004
Christian Krenner (ANF)


 "The Extreme Amiga 600 Upgrading Page" in German
The Extreme Amiga 600 Upgrading Page has been translated completely into German because of the requests of many readers and does now contain a discussion forum. The site documents an Amiga 600 upgrade project. (cg) (Translation: wk)

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28.Feb.2004
ANN (website)


 MorphOS: Starter GUI for Nintendo emulator Snes9x
Pawel "Stefkos" Stefanski has released SNES9xStarter. With this tool you can start the MorphOS port of the SuperNintendo emulator Snes9x via a graphical user interface.

Download (44 KB) (snx) (Translation: wk)

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28.Feb.2004
MorphOS-News.de (website)


 SongPlayer 1.62 for MorphOS released (AmigaOS version to follow)
The SongPlayer for MorphOS is now available in version 1.62 (603 KB). The update of the Amiga version (current version v1.60) will follow soon.

The SongPlayer supports MP2/MP3, Ogg Vorbis, IFF, AIFF, WAVE, AU and CDDA. In the current version the Vorbis support has been added via a system library for MorphOS as well as a CDDA title editor. In addition to several bug fixes in the MorphOS version there are new icons and buttons by André Siegel and Treveur Bretaudiere. (snx) (Translation: wk)

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27.Feb.2004
Steve Evans (E-Mail)


 Magazine: The Crypt #34
Issue 34 of the online magazine called "The Crypt" with the title "tribes" has been published. You can read under the title link in the online issue about computer news, stories and further reports. If you want to read it offline then download the following version.

Download: ZIP-version of The Crypt #34

The content of the current issue:
  • Cleaning Your Computer
  • Liteon DVD+R/+RW
  • Gone to Lunch
  • Amiga Tips and Tricks
  • Pets Corner
  • Jokes and more
(nba) (Translation: dr)

[News message: 27. Feb. 2004, 21:07] [Comments: 0]
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27.Feb.2004
Computer City (e-mail)


 ImageInstaller V2: Distribution starting March 1st, AmigaOne version announced
On March 1st, the distribution of the ImageInstaller V2 will start. Initially, there will be versions for Pegasos I + II and classic Amiga computers with PPC card.

The DVD version contains the Gentoo, Mandrake 9.1 Bamboo, Yellow Dog and PegXLin distributions. For the CD version, the wanted distribution(s) can be choosen.

In April an AmigaOne version of the Image Installer V2 CD and DVD will follow.

More information can be found at http://www.amipeglin.de.vu. (snx)

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27.Feb.2004
WHDLoad (Website)


 WHDLoad: New packets until 26.02.2004
With WHDLoad you can install games on your hard drive which have been originally written for disks. The following packets have been added or updated since our last message:
  • 24.02.04 new: Prospector in the Mazes of Xor (Hidden Treasures/Logotron)
  • 23.02.04 new: Pinball Brain Damage (Mind's Eye)
  • 21.02.04 improved: Starblade (Silmarils)
  • 21.02.04 improved: Metal Mutant (Silmarils)
  • 19.02.04 fixed: Toki (Ocean)
  • 19.02.04 improved: Pinball Fantasies (21st Century)
  • 19.02.04 improved: Gunship 2000 (Microprose)
  • 19.02.04 improved: Banshee (Core Design)
  • 19.02.04 improved: Arctic Fox (Electronic Arts)
  • 19.02.04 improved: Maya (Silmarils)
  • 19.02.04 new: Les Portes Du Temps (Legend)
  • 17.02.04 improved: Toki (Ocean)
  • 17.02.04 improved: Boston Bomb Club (Silmarils)
  • 17.02.04 new: Pinball Wizard (H.G.Berg/Kingsoft)
  • 17.02.04 improved: Wind Surf Willy (Silmarils)
  • 17.02.04 improved: Targhan (Silmarils)
  • 17.02.04 improved: Colorado (Silmarils)
  • 17.02.04 improved: Bunny Bricks (Silmarils)
  • 17.02.04 fixed: Robinson's Requiem (Silmarils)
  • 17.02.04 improved: Ishar 3 (Silmarils)
  • 17.02.04 improved: Ishar 2 (Silmarils)
  • 17.02.04 improved: Ishar (Silmarils)
  • 14.02.04 new: Death Sword (Palace/Epyx)
  • 14.02.04 improved: Ishar 2 (Silmarils)
  • 14.02.04 new: Hugo (Silverrock/ITE)
  • 13.02.04 new: The King Of Chicago (Cinemaware)
(nba) (Translation: dr)

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26.Feb.2004
Spiegel Online (Website)


 Spiegel Online: Troll you, Trolls!
In an online offer of the news magazine Spiegel, Frank Patalong authored a comment about the theme "Behavior on the Internet" that was very interesting for a few users: "the Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns Prime Minister Harald Ringstorff didn't want to let it pass: an email writer called him an "arrogant, ignorant hysteric."" Ringstorff complained about the insult. Hopefully a school didn't do that - neither the one nor the other. Read the complete article at Spiegel Online under the title link. (nba) (Translation: dm)

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26.Feb.2004



 Audio CD Player for MorphOS
"CDPlayer" is a little program for the playing of audio CDs under MorphOS (screenshot).

Direct download (26 KB) (cg) (Translation: dm)

[News message: 26. Feb. 2004, 20:41] [Comments: 0]
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26.Feb.2004
Henrik Mikael Kristensen (E-Mail)


 Status update from "AWeb Open Source Project"
The AWeb Open Source Project has released a new status update. (cg)

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26.Feb.2004
Deutsche Telekom


 Deutsche Telekom Initiates Per Unit T-DSL Connection Fees
[article about increases in German Internet connection fees not translated, of little interest to non-Germans -dm] (cs) (Translation: dm)

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26.Feb.2004
MorphOS-News.de (Website)


 Crux Linux PPC for Pegasos II Available
As of version 1.3.1 Crux Linux PPC is now also available for the Pegasos II.

Crux is a lightweight, optimized Linux distro that is intended for experienced Linux users. The special attention here is on the one hand to keep everything simple and on the other hand to have modern Linux characteristics, current tools, and libraries. A ports system for the simplification of installations and updates is included. (snx) (Translation: dm)

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26.Feb.2004
ANN (Website)


 Amiga Insider: New German Language PDF Magazine
The first edition of AmigaInsider marks the launch of a new German language PDF magazine about the Amiga.

The first issue contains reports about AmigaOS 4.0 and Pegasos II as well as short, up-to-date news releases. There's an interview with Steffen Häuser, a Hollywood workshop, and columns on Amiga Arena and the game Schlachtfeld.

Here's the download link for issue #1 (1.7 MB). (snx) (Translation: dm)

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26.Feb.2004
Aminet (Website)


 Aminet Uploads through 26th February, 2004
Here are the new Aminet uploads since our last announcement: 
Babelfish.lha        comm/irc     3K+Use babelfish from AmIRC/Shell
FamAmigaUses.lha     docs/hyper  22K+A guide about famous Amiga uses!
AmigaFuture47.lha    docs/mags  674K+Great german paper mag preview
Sv5-1.lha            gfx/misc   592K+SView5 V1.45 (23.2.2004) - Part 1/7
Sv5-2.lha            gfx/misc   157K+SView5 V1.45 (23.2.2004) - Part 2/7
Sv5-3a.lha           gfx/misc   127K+SView5 V1.45 (23.2.2004) - Part 3a/7
Sv5-3b.lha           gfx/misc   329K+SView5 V1.45 (23.2.2004) - Part 3b/7
Sv5-4.lha            gfx/misc    38K+SView5 V1.45 (23.2.2004) - Part 4/7
Sv5-5.lha            gfx/misc   147K+SView5 V1.45 (23.2.2004) - Part 5/7
Sv5-6.lha            gfx/misc   158K+SView5 V1.45 (23.2.2004) - Part 6/7 (opt
Sv5-7.lha            gfx/misc   158K+SView5 V1.45 (23.2.2004) - Part 7/7 (opt
Sv5-IFX.lha          gfx/misc    14K+SView5 - ImageFX loader/saver V1.3 (23.2
Sv5-PPaint.lha       gfx/misc    10K+SView5 - PPaint loader/saver V5.2 (23.2.
imdbDiff040213.lha   misc/imdb  3.2M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
PuK-Lottery.lha      misc/misc   16K+PuK-Lottery (portacall uk lottery with n
AmiZipRecover.lha    util/arc    95K+Amiziprecover beta v1(Amiga zip recover)
StartBar-ITA.lha     util/misc   87K+Italian version of StartBar
pfc.lha              util/pack   62K+PFC beta v1(PersonalFileCompresser)
(ps) (Translation: dm)

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26.Feb.2004
amigaworld.net (Website)


 Video from the OS4 Demonstration in Newcastle
There's a 70 minute video for download of the OS4 event in Newcastle (England) that took place last Saturday. In it is a "Q&A Session" with Alan Redhouse. The formats WMV and REAL are available, an MPEG version will be prepared over the weekend.

Direct download: WMV (49.5 MB)
Direct download: REAL (23 MB) (cg) (Translation: dm)

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25.Feb.2004
amigaworld.net (Website)


 C64 still used commercially
As it obviously looks like there are C64s still used commercially in Brisbane (Australia): Following the title link there are several pictures proving that at one C64 is still used for an info display at the "MYER Centre main bus station". (cg) (Translation: ub)

[News message: 25. Feb. 2004, 22:36] [Comments: 0]
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25.Feb.2004
morphos-news.de (Website)


 MorphOS: MS-DOS emulator "DOSBox" v0.61
The emulator DOSBox emulates a DOS environment following the aim to bring old PC games to new computers. There is a new version of that emulator for MorphOS available now.

Direct download (561 KB) (cg) (Translation: ub)

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25.Feb.2004
Steven Weiser (ANF)


 Localization for the latest WinUAE version
With the latest version of WinUAE Toni Wilen has reactivated the old "WinUAE_language.dll" system which has not been used since almost three years but allows to localize the GUI of WinUAE.

Steven Weiser, a WinUAE beta tester, just started to build a German translation right after he got the SDK. The translation is available at this homepage.

If there are any issues with that file, Steven is reachable at Borg_no.one@gmx.net. (cg) (Translation: ub)

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25.Feb.2004
Genesi (E-Mail)


 Genesi selects Motorola 7447A CPU for upcoming Pegasos G4 line
Genesi announced today that the Pegasos II G4 using the recently announced 7447A will be shipped as soon as the CPU is commercially released by Motorola. Until then the 7447 will be shipped with the Pegasos II G4.

Motorola has validated the 7447A as a "Supported Motorola Product" for MorphOS, the Pegasos, and the Open Desktop Workstation.

Both, the PegasosPPC and the Open Desktop Workstation have been validated as "Evaluation/Development Boards and Systems" for the 7447 and 7447A G4 CPUs. (cg)

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24.Feb.2004
3sat/neues (German TV magazine)


 Zeta: BeOS successor preinstalled on Via computers
As 3Sat reported in today's programme of the TV computer magazine neues will the BeOS successor Zeta come in the near future preinstalled on a new multimedia slim PC on the market. This mini PC is said to get a new users interface making diverse multimedia functions easy to use for the user without the need to get to know more of the operating system

The PC basing on a board with a 1GHz processor by Via is among other things meant to running Internet applications as well as playing music and working as a digital video recorder. The prices will be appr. 690 Euro. Further information can be found on the website of the TV magazine "neues". (snx) (Translation: wk)

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24.Feb.2004
amigaworld.net (Website)


 Events: AmiGBG presents the "Amiga Developer's Pavilon"
AmiGBG in cooperation with UniversalSpace.NET are proud to present the Amiga Developers' Pavilion. A.D.P. will be a meeting place for developers, ranging from beginners to professional game and application designers. The list of participants in the A.D.P. is growing continuously. (cg)

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24.Feb.2004
Martin (DaFreak) Rebentisch (ANF)


 Liquid Skies records #066
The scene group Liquid Skies has released its 66th music pack. It contains a nearly 10 min long track of the Finnish musicians Tripper and I-Oxo. The track is a mix of different styles but mainly Trance.
  • Title: Nutmeg
  • Musicians: Tripper feat. I-Oxo
  • Style: Trance
  • Lenght: 9:43
  • Format: mp3
  • Size: 8.5 MB

The zipped file is available for free download. (cg) (Translation: gf)

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24.Feb.2004
falkemedia


 AMIGAplus 02/2004 (#144) - peggy's on the fly again...
Issue 144 of AMIGAplus was released on February 20th, 2004, including a review of Pegasos II, the new series "New jobs for old Amigas" (part 1: Amiga as a faxmachine), the full version of Epic Multimedia Lexikon (German version) on the A+ CD 26 and much more articles. Details:
  • Reviewed: Pegasos II
  • A+ CD 26: Epic Multimedia Lexikon
  • New jobs for old Amigas, part 1: Faxmachine
  • SVCD-Workshop, part 1
  • What works: MorphOS-Compatibility
  • Preview: Gorky 17
  • Amiga Status Report: When it's done...
  • Top 10 Shareware-Tools
  • Review: Homebank 3
  • Consumer protection: Buying via Internet
  • UAE 0.8.22 Configuration for Compiler-freaks
  • Workshop: AmigaOS 3.9 under WinUAE
  • Demoscene: Behind the scene
  • and much more
German monthly print magazine AMIGAplus (68 pages) may be ordered from publisher falkemedia for 5 Euro per issue including shipping costs or via subscription. (nba)

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24.Feb.2004
amiga.org (Website)


 amiga.org: Amiga-Team for SETI@Home founded
Now an Amiga-Team takes part at the SETI@Home, the project "Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence". (cg) (Translation: gf)

[News message: 24. Feb. 2004, 16:28] [Comments: 0]
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23.Feb.2004
Sylvio Kurze (E-Mail)


 ADA-Team: New homepage, new tool
The Anime Development for Amiga Team has just uploaded a new design of their homepage (title link). They also relased a new tool for the Amiga names "unzens", which uncensors Matrix-censored pictures. (nba)

[News message: 23. Feb. 2004, 23:51] [Comments: 0]
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23.Feb.2004
morphos-news.de (Website)


 MorphOS: New version of the distributed.net client available
There is a new MorphOS prerelease client available (489), it contains a bugfix for the upcoming MorphOS 1.4.2 release.

Direct download (291 KB) (cg)

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23.Feb.2004
IOSPIRIT (ANF)


 IOSPIRIT: AMIGA special promotion prolonged and new account functions
IOSPIRIT - on numerous requests - prolongs the special price promotion, within which many products are available at significantly reduced prices, until the end of March.

Furthermore, there's now functionality in the customer account that allows order tracking for many different sending types. (cg)

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23.Feb.2004
Bill Panagouleas (ANF)


 Game publisher: "DiscreetFX GameShop"
Software developers "DiscreetFX", known for recently initiating the "Amizilla" campaign, are going to support game developers in the future:

"DiscreetFX GameShop allows Amiga/AmigaOS 4.0/MorphOS & AROS game developers to focus on what their good at, developing a great game. Game Shop takes care of everything else, free web hosting, marketing, promotion, packaging and shipping. Free toll free number for sales and support, free downloads of demo versions of the game and works in progress from the GameShop web site.

In these sometimes troubled economic times GameShop fulfills a much needed requirement in this small but regrowing community. It gives new, small, resource hungry game developers a place to publish and host their games. Not all games that are submitted will make the cut but the ones that make it will have a lot less to worry about and can focus on making the best game possible. In the past the Amiga launched the careers of many great game developers. Bullfrog, Core Design & EA just to name a few. With GameShop we hope to spark some new careers for new game developers.

Today's game industry is rift with old worn out ideas that have be rehashed time and time again, have you played to many FPS or RTS games? With GameShop we are hoping to nurture new game developers with fresh ideas for the gaming industry. Now being broke does not mean your great game idea will not be published.

2004 should be a banner year for Amiga & Amiga compatible systems. All those new customers will need relaxing and entertaining games on their systems. And new game authors need free web hosting and low cost no nonsense publishing terms to get their titles available to that user base.

Would you like your game published through the Game Shop? Here are the steps you need to take.
  1. Contact us at gameshop AT discreetfx DOT com
  2. Be ready to provided details about your game including screen shots, demo versions, development track record and or story boards
  3. Sign the easy to read, legalize free DiscreetFX contract
  4. Submit all graphics, HTML, demos Etc. that you want published on GameShop to DiscreetFX
  5. Get back to what counts the most, finishing the development of your new game

Please contact me if you have any further questions.

Best regards

Bill Panagouleas
DiscreetFX
Founder/CEO
bill@discreetfx.com
www.discreetfx.com

About DiscreetFX

DiscreetFX has been creating software products for the Amiga, video editing, computer generated graphics (CGI) industry since 1995. The Amiga computer defined and created the video editing, computer graphics market when it went on sale in 1985." (cg) (Translation: cg)

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22.Feb.2004
amigaworld.net (Website)


 Hyperion: Official statement regarding the recent Genesi Amiga litigation
Hyperion released an official statement regarding the recent Genesi-Amiga litigation on amigaworld.net. (cg) (Translation: cg)

[News message: 22. Feb. 2004, 17:16] [Comments: 0]
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21.Feb.2004
Aminet (website)


 Aminet uploads until 21-Feb-2004
Here the new Aminet uploads since our last posting: 
AmigaBase26.lha      biz/dbase  447K+Powerful programmable database with GUI
SpamFryer.lha        comm/mail   27K+Deletes unwanted mail from server unread
DDaemonKey.lha       comm/misc   25K+Freely distributable Keyfile for DragonD
DVBFontUpload.lha    comm/misc   40K+Font upload for Nokia D-Box via SCSI.68k
MiamiMustOnlin.lha   comm/misc    2K+Arexx script for Miami
PtpDigCam-AOS.lha    comm/misc  136K+Download images, videos and sounds from 
PtpDigCam-MOS.lha    comm/misc  216K+Download images, videos and sounds from 
AmiDiction.lha       comm/tcp    31K+Online Dictionary
smbfs.lha            comm/tcp   126K+SMB file system client; complements Samb
IBTransferAnim.lha   comm/www   189K+TransferAnim for IBrowse (Rotating earth
dasm212.lha          dev/cross   83K+Assembler for 6502, 68705, 6803
ec33a.lha            dev/e       51K+The Amiga E v3.3a compiler (ec)
ec33a_src.lha        dev/e      144K+The Amiga E v3.3a compiler source
q-device_src.lha     dev/e       37K+E Source Code to Q-Device! V0.4
RoboDocBuilder.lha   dev/misc   151K+V2.0 Update of RoboDocBuilder (Source in
q-device.lha         disk/misc   39K+V0.4 SCSI/IDE Query, Command & Diagnosti
swosligapl.lha       game/data   34K+Polish league data for SWOS (2003/04)
BH.lha               game/shoot 284K+Beach Head C64 style game
2p2f.lha             game/think 5.4M+Full version of 2 pairs 2 furious 2
FlashMandelWOS.lha   gfx/fract  3.5M+The best Mandelbrot & Julia fractals ren
Reko2As.lha          gfx/ifx      3K+Convert Reko cardsets to AS-.....
ArakAttack.lha       hard/drivr 281K+V0.96 USB Driver for Amithlon & OpenPCI
imdbDiff040206.lha   misc/imdb  4.4M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
BangkokKnights.lha   mods/cust  360K+Custom module from "Bangkok Knights"
Darius+.lha          mods/cust  115K+Custom module from "Darius +"
Galactic.lha         mods/cust  140K+Custom module(s) from "Galactic"
SpeedboatAss.lha     mods/cust   60K+Custom module from "Speedboat Assassin"
SteveDavis.lha       mods/cust  219K+Custom module from "Steve Davis Snooker"
JD-Sliders.mpg       mods/mpg   3.2M+Sliders by JaDe
AW-5D.lha            mods/pro    58K+PT-MOD: 5th Dynasty - Author: aIRwORX
aw-cwcanyon.lha      mods/pro   156K+PT-MOD: Coldwater Canyon - Author: aIRwO
aw-doom.lha          mods/pro   145K+PT-MOD: DOOM - Author: aIRwORX
aw-dtio.lha          mods/pro   145K+PT-MOD: Don`t think it`s over - Author: 
aw-gitm.lha          mods/pro    98K+PT-MOD: Give it to me - Author: aIRwORX
aw-gnl.lha           mods/pro   179K+PT-MOD: Girls need love - Author: aIRwOR
aw-nobodyhears.lha   mods/pro    45K+PT-MOD: Nobody Hears
aw-razorblazer.lha   mods/pro   139K+PT-MOD: Razorblazer - Author: aIRwORX
aw-revolution.lha    mods/pro    74K+PT-MOD: Revolution - Author: aIRwORX
aw-sleeping.lha      mods/pro    53K+PT-MOD: SLEEPING - Author: aIRwORX
aw-sweetdreams.lha   mods/pro   348K+PT-MOD: Sweet Dreams
aw-techdreams.lha    mods/pro    62K+PT-MOD: Technological Dreams
aw-terrorbomb.lha    mods/pro   282K+PT-MOD: Terrorbomb - Author: aIRwORX
Devious_Tunes.lha    mods/pro   1.0M+Ripped tunes from Devious Tools
tracks.lha           mus/edit   116K+Tracks & Fields Miditracker 1.05 Fullver
EP_CoreDesign.lha    mus/play     7K+EaglePlayer 'Core Design' external repla
goregfx.lha          pix/illu   248K+Screenshots of new 256col rpg game proje
WinUAEcustWB1.jpg    pix/wb     352K+OS4 inspired customization for OS 3.9 un
WinUAEcustWB2.jpg    pix/wb     350K+OS4 inspired customization for OS 3.9 un
MakeGuide2.lha       text/hyper  25K+Create a guide from several small files
EvenMore.lha         text/show  525K+V0.61: Proportional font textviewer
MUIUnArc.lha         util/arc    15K+MUI UnArc
deepdt.lha           util/dtype  26K+Loads IFF DEEP and TVPP files (TVPaint p
AmiMSN.lha           util/rexx    8K+(0.3) MSN Messenger client
envhandler.lha       util/sys    15K+A happyenv replacement (1.13a)
VirusZ.lha           util/virus 100K+VirusZ III 1.00 - Antivirus Software
PosTitMUI.lha        util/wb     21K+Reminder note for your WB
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21.Feb.2004
IOSPIRIT (ANF)


 IOSPIRIT with online-pricelists and new price-scheme for dealers
IOSPIRIT is proud to announce the availability of always up-to-date online pricelists for dealers and the introduction of an all-new price-scheme.

To take advantage of this, dealers just need to open an account at IOSPIRIT's website and write an email asking for dealer status. After authorization through IOSPIRIT, dealers will then be able to look up the latest prices within their accounts.

All dealers, whether they have an order history with IOSPIRIT in the past or not, are encouraged to get in touch with IOSPIRIT to benefit of this new service. (snx)

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21.Feb.2004
MorphOS-News.de (website)


 AmigaWorld.org: focus also on MorphOS
As Michal Bergseth, editor of the news site AmigaWorld.org, informs will the news coverage from March, 1st on also pay attention to MorphOS and its friends next to reporting about AmigaOS 4. (snx) (Translation: wk)

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21.Feb.2004
ANN (website)


 DiscreetFX: Amizilla shop set up
Bill Panagouleas from DiscreetFX has set up an online shop with PR articles for supporting the Amizilla project. It offers for example T-shirts and stickers, a calendar and a clock but also an Amizilla tanga.

The Amizilla project's aim is to port Mozilla respectively FireFox to AmigaOS, MorphOS and AROS. The money made with the sale of the PR articles goes fully into the reward that is provided for the porting work. Already almost 100 persons including a former Netscape employee with the high significiance have spent for the Amizilla project. (snx) (Translation: wk)

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21.Feb.2004
Jens Langner (ANF)


 YAM project looking for web designer for future community site
The known project (email program) is looking for one or more motivated web respectively graphics designer(s) who'd be preparded to build in cooperation with the developers of YAM a completely new support site for the future community site on the basis of the PHP framework XOOPS.

The support site that is accessible under http://www.yam.ch/ has come to an age that makes it necessary to create a completely new and usable support site to be prepared for the future work on YAM.

Interested ones should already know PHP and the XOOPS framework and they should also already have some graphical abilities in designing new signs and know complete web design. It's of course possible to install a team to share design and administration with several persons.

A powerful server with an installed test version of XOOPS is available waiting for adaption and web design to become the new YAM site.

The new community site will then come next to features like latest YAM news and a comprehensive online FAQ with online forums and direct downloads of daily updated compilations.

If interested write to Jens Langner@light-speed.de. (snx) (Translation: wk)

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21.Feb.2004
Elbox (e-mail)


 Elbox: Winter promotion with temperature-dependent discounts
The last month of calendar winter has just begun in Krakow. You are welcome to take part in our Winter Promotion on this occasion. From 20 February 2004 to 20 March 2004 every customer purchasing in Elbox Online Store can enjoy our winter discount on all the items. The discount is calculated automatically and deducted from the value of goods purchased.

The discount corresponds with the current temperature in Krakow: The colder, the higher discount! For every degree below zero Centigrade you get 1% discount!

  • Offer valid from 20 February 2004 to 20 March 2004.
  • Offer valid for orders from all countries of the world.
  • Discount does not apply to shipment costs.
You can check the current weather in Krakow using on-line camera. For details, see the Special Offer page.

Today's minimum temperature in Krakow is - 8.1 °C. So you can possibly have 8% discount!

Best regards,
Elbox Computer Team (snx)

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20.Feb.2004
fiath (ANF)


 Big CAPS-Project Update
The website of the CAPS-project which wants to conserve old Amiga games for the next generations has got the biggest update in its history. A very extensive "Knowledge Base" (which replaces the FAQ), a new status report (work in progress) and several new games have been added. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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20.Feb.2004
morphos-news.de (Website)


 Genesi: AMIGA, Inc. loose lawsuit against Genesi
Genesi announce on morphos-news.de that the company won the lawsuit against Amiga, Inc. (as reported earlier).

According to Genesi, the verdict grants "full relief to Genesi, including source code access to the licensed Amiga operating system and the full use of the Amiga trademarks".

Approached by amiga-news.de, Hyperion's management confirmed the result of the lawsuit, adding that "Hyperion have an exclusive trademark license for the desktop" and that "the verdict has no bearing on Hyperion or AmigaOS 4". (cg)

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19.Feb.2004
Jan Andersen / VHT-DK (E-Mail)


 Anti-Virus-Software: New Version 1.00 of VirusZ III
After six years Georg Hoermann has had the development time to release the final version of VirusZ III and thereby throw off the designation of "beta status." You'll find the new version 1.00 of VirusZ III on the VHT website under the title link, and in a few days it will be on Aminet.

Program name: VirusZ III v1.00
Programmer: Georg Hoermann
Date: 19th February, 2004
Archiv name: VirusZ.lha
Archiv size: 102,556 Bytes
Requirements: AmigaOS 2.04 or higher, util/libs/ReqToolsUsr.lha, util/virus/xvslibrary.lha, util/pack/xfdmaster.lha, util/arc/xadmaster.lha (recommended), util/libs/DisLib.lha (optional)

News in VirusZ III v1.00:
  • Improved 'Snapshot' function of the vectorcheck, it now saves the information supplied by SegTracker. So please install SegTracker before doing snapshots, it helps me a lot!
  • Finally fixed VirusZ 100% for MorphOS/Pegasos systems:
    • a) The vector check now handles function calls using EmulLibEntry correctly and calculates "ROM" locations and sizes in the most compatible way by scanning system romtags and afterwards calling NewGetSystemAttrsA().
    • The memory monitor has been fixed for fake chipmem on Pegasos and supports MorphOS "ROM" areas too. There's just one problem left with pre-50.58 exec.library: size of A-Box modules cannot be calculated perfectly here and will simply be set to 0x700000. This means that you might be able to access non-existing memory areas at addresses near 0x10800000! This is on your own risk...
    • The internal doslist scanner (for sector check/bootblock lab) works without MEMF_24BITDMA memory now which was never available on MorphOS systems. The code for 64-bit access (>4GB) has been bug fixed and enhanced to support TD_READ64/TD_WRITE64 too.
    • Rewritten startup code to use EasyRequestArgs() in case of an error instead of DisplayAlert() which is not available in current MorphOS versions. Thanks to Harry Sintonen for all his help with MorphOS topics and for beta-testing! And thanks to Alexey Ivanov, Ilkka Lehtoranta and 'Vinny' for beta-testing too.
  • Fixed problems in sector check concerning 4GB-border. Added some recalculation routines for strange values in de_BlocksPerTrack. Additionally de_MaxTransfer is supported now for older HDs.
  • Removed the 'Use/Ignore External Xad-Slaves' selection from the file check prefs. This was obsolete as xadmaster.library always requires external clients to do a good job.
  • Finally added support for disk archives and disk images to the file check. Please note that xadmaster.library v8+ is required! Now you can extract all types of archives that XAD supports, and if they contain disk images with valid files inside, these files will be checked too. Two new options therefore have been added to the file check prefs: "Extract Disk Archives" and "Check Files Inside Disk Images". Please read the docs for more information! Thanks to Dirk Stöcker for beta-testing and his helping hand concerning tricky XAD stuff.
  • Added extra check for bootblock viruses to sector and file check (for files larger than 2048 bytes, usually diskimages).
  • Added sector checking for files! You can select 3 different modes in the filecheck prefs, please read the docs carefully for further information...
  • Added 'Scan Files For Bootblocks' to the file check prefs. With this option enabled, VirusZ scans for bootblock viruses inside files. Useful to detect unknown bb-virus installers.
  • Changed/enhanced functionality of the 'Job Monitor':
    • 'Pause'/'Continue' gadgets have been replaced by a single cycle gadget to stop/run the current job. b) 'Quit' gadget is always active now (requested by many users).
    • All running/waiting jobs will be displayed in the report list now so you get a better overview. You can select any of them and kill them with the 'Kill Job' gadget. Useful if you accidentally have selected some wrong files/disks.
    • Added 'Check Files...' gadget. It obviously does the same as the equally named menu item of VirusZ's main window, but you won't have to switch windows any more.
    • Added 'One/All' cycle gadget between 'Disinfect' and 'Delete' as it determines the behaviour of both functions. If 'One' is selected, everything works like in previous versions. By selecting 'All', the delete function will delete all malicious files that have been found so far. 'Disinfect' first determines the type of the selected item (infected file or sector?) and will then start disinfecting either all files or all sectors of the selected disk. Requested by 'Underground God', hope you are happy now :)
  • Bumped version of VirusZ III to 1.00 !!! After 6(!) years of often little development and much more lack of time VirusZ III finally has reached full functionality...
(nba) (Translation: dm)

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19.Feb.2004
Bjorn Lynne (E-Mail)


 Audio: Bjorn Lynne Announces "Statement" Music CD
Bjorn Lynne, who became known in Amiga circles as the composer of the music for the game Alien Breed among others, and as a musician of the demo-scene group Crusaders, has released details about his announced audio CD "Statement." One of the tracks, "Kikki," has been put online for listening on the Internet under the URL http://www.artistlaunch.com/bjornlynne. Comments and feedback are desired.

All of the music for the CD has been composed and produced. A few small changes are still being undertaken. The CD contains 12 or 13 tracks, four featuring the guest singer Eco-Mcz. The enterprise is achieved through ArtistLaunch, a page for independent musicians. The cover was done by Snjezana Suznjevic Vago of Croatia. (nba) (Translation: dm)

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19.Feb.2004
disc4you.de (ANF)


 WMV Movies in Brazilian Movie Theaters
Microsoft wants to usher the age of digital theater with WMV (Windows Media Format). The initial and repeat units for WMV-composed films based on Microsoft's ".net" platform are to be installed in about 100 Brazilian movie houses. Most of all, the film producers from north of the continent in distant Hollywood may rejoice over the cost savings. (cg) (Translation: dm)

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19.Feb.2004
Rupert Hausberger (ANF)


 SoftRAID for AmigaOS: URD 0.2 beta
"URD" is a SoftRAID for AmigaOS. A new version, v0.2 beta, has been released today. Changes since the last version:

ADD - added
REM - removed
IMP - improved
CHG - changed
FIX - fixed
BMP - bump

  • ADD: Beside from the normal array operation, it's now possible to directly mount into a level. This can be helpfull if a mirror seems defect.
  • ADD: Now each device in an array has a superblock. Will be used for recovery-tools later.
  • IMP: Functionality for handling possible errors improved.
  • IMP: Logging-functions now faster and smaller.
  • ADD: The logging- and errorfeedback-options can be modified on the fly without the need of dismounting the array to make the new options working.
  • ADD: The URD-own command-set for reading, writing and updating the array is now basicly implemented. More details on this API later.
  • CHG: Of course many small changes and improvements done not listed here.
  • BMP: revision to 2
(cg) (Translation: cg)

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19.Feb.2004
Amiga.org (Website)


 ColdFusion (previously Amiga ColdFire): Poll about A3000/A4000 Version
There's a poll in progress for the Amiga 3000/4000 version of the ColdFusion Project (previously known as Amiga ColdFire), which is an attempt to build an Amiga accelerator card using Motorola's Coldfire processor family.

The question is what is preferred for the Amiga 3000/4000 version:
  • a standard SD-RAM DIMM and no expansion slots
  • an SO DIMM and three expansion slots
In order to participate in the poll, please visit the YahooGroups Website AmigaColdfire Project. (snx) (Translation: dm)

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19.Feb.2004
ANN (Website)


 Amiga Java: Jamiga Alpha 0.02
A new alpha version of the Amiga Java port "Jamiga" is available for download. Changes since the last version:
  • Bugfix: JIT works now on "real" 68040/60 Amigas
  • Bugfix: A problem with the UTF8 - UTF16 conversion that caused many memory errors has been resolved
  • Network support works, also in connection with several threads ("UDP Sockets" and the "NetworkInterface" classes are not supported yet)
  • There's a lot of work to do yet on AWT, but the "Testframe" classes may now change the size of opened windows
(cg) (Translation: dm)

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18.Feb.2004
amigaworld.net (Website)


 Videos of the last two AmigaOS4 deemonstrations
There are videos of the last OS4 demonstration by the "Amiga North Thames" group from February the 8th and of the demonstration by the "North Carolina / South Carolina Amiga User's Group" from February the 7th available now.

"Amiga North Thames", February the 8th 2004

"AmigaOne Productions" offers a video of about 30 minutes in different formats:

More formats might be contributed later.

"NC/SC Amiga User's Group", February the 7th 2004

"Herwegoagain" offers a video of that event at amigaworld.net:

direct link (DivX/WMA, 54 MB) (cg) (Translation: ub)

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18.Feb.2004
Heise (Website)


 Heise: Mini PC "FlipStart" introduced
Heise Online reports from the introduction of the mini PC FlipStart by Vulcan Inc. That company has been brought to life by the Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.

The micro computer measures 148 mm × 101 mm × 26 mm only and has a 5.6 inch display as well as a 1 GHz processor. The operating system will be Windows XP.

The full (German) report is available by the title link. (snx) (Translation: ub)

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18.Feb.2004
Heise (Website)


 Heise: New software for music discrimination
As Heise online reports that Karlheinz Brandenburg, a co-developer of the MP3 format, has developed a software which is capable to discriminate different music tracks by their temporal pattern, instrumantation, speed and dynamics.

That offers the ability to do an automatic sorting of a music collection and for new search engines but on the other hand new mechanisms for copy protection also.

Futher information regarding the program "Audio ID" is availabe by the title link. (snx) (Translation: ub)

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18.Feb.2004
Captain HIT (ANF)


 ASoft: CManager V28.7 and RxMUI V40.6 released
Alfonso Ranieri (ASoft) has released new versions of RxMUI and of the Contact Manager. The CManager is now available in version 28.7 (461 KB), RxMUI in version 40.6 (974 KB).

With RxMUI graphical user interfaces can be created for ARexx macros using MUI. CManager is a general bookmark manager. (snx) (Translation: ub)

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18.Feb.2004
Heise Newsticker


 Intel announces AMD64 compatible processor
"Other way around now" seems to be the new agenda: While AMD's 32 bit x86 processors are compatible to the Intel standard the latter company has announced a 64 bit extension compatible to AMD's 64 bit technique now. Thus a good chance is given that the 64 bit desktop processors by both companies will be compatible to each other. Currently Intel keeps the 32 bit concept within this area and plans to implement the AMD extension initially to their workstation and server processor Xeon only. Read the full article by the title link. (cs) (Translation: ub)

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18.Feb.2004
Heise Newsticker


 AOL with AmigaOS/MorphOS
Internet connections with the online provider AOL by ISDN and modem are possible now without a special dial in software. It is very likely that it is possible to access the net with AOL by using AmigaOS or MorphOS now. Read the full article by the title link. (cs) (Translation: ub)

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17.Feb.2004
amigaworld.net (Website)


 BabeAnoid: Status report to Version 2.5
Richard "Dawnbringer" Fhager is now working at a new version of his breakout clone BabeAnoid. You can find the status report under the title link.

In a thread Richard answers questions of a few users. (cg) (Translation: gf)

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17.Feb.2004
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)


 Picture series: The "Acryl Show Case" of bplan
Under the title link bplan published a few pictures of a clear acryl case, which are used for presentation of Pegasos. (cg) (Translation: gf)

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17.Feb.2004
amiga.org (Website)


 Status report to the Commodore-One
Under the title link Jens Schönfeld published a status report to the Commodore-One, the reconfigurable Computer, who is often called because of his C64 compatibility as the legendary breadcase. (cg) (Translation: gf)

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17.Feb.2004
amigaworld.net


 New tower case for AmigaOne and Classic Amiga computer
The US-American Amiga trader Mr. Hardware shows under the title link a few tower cases. The cases are mainly for use of the AmigaOne but also for A1200 computer.

(cg) (Translation: gf)

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17.Feb.2004
Norman Walter (ANF)


 Amiga C course for beginners in German
The first lections are now online, more will come in next time. (cg) (Translation: gf)

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17.Feb.2004
Amiga.org (Website)


 CAPS project: User library ported to Linux (x86, PPC)
The Classic Amiga Preservation Society (CAPS) has ported their libary now to Linux (x86 and PPC).


The CAPS team archives old and copysaved Amiga-games and they convert them in their own CAPS-format, which can be read by new WinUAE-versions.

With the user libary the IPF images of third programs could be processed. The packet is bound to C.A.P.S Freeware License Agreement which is contained in the archive. (snx) (Translation: gf)

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17.Feb.2004
Jörg Karisch (ANF)


 Short report of the hardware meeting in Nürnberg of 14th February
The user group 'Interessengemeinschaft Mittelfränkischer Amiga-Enthusiasten' (IMAGE) has published a short report on their website of their hardware meeting in Nürnberg on February the 14th.
There where two Pegasos-II-, two A4000 with CyberstormPPC, an A1200 in a tower with BlizzardPPC, A4000 in a Micronik tower with 68060, x86-Mini-Tower with WinUAE and two x86 laptops. You can find more information under the title link. (snx) (Translation: gf)

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17.Feb.2004
Guido Mersmann (ANF)


 Meeting: AmCluSt Hardware Event 2.- 4. April 2004
This year there is again an AMClust Hardware event. It is from April the 2nd until April the 4th. The members meet each other on the hardware meeting in Dreierwalde in Rheine.

Not members are welcome, too, but please announce. (nba) (Translation: gf)

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17.Feb.2004
Matthias Kretzler (ANF)


 Amigaremix.com again online
Amigaremix.com is a website, where you can download remoxes of Amiga game soundtracks as a MP3 file. Now Amigaremix.com is again online after a long break because of problems. (snx) (Translation: gf)

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17.Feb.2004
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)


 Airsoft Softwair announce Hollywood Designer
Andreas Falkenhahn today announced the newest Amiga software product from Airsoft Softwair: Hollywood Designer. The program is a state of the art "what you see is what you get" editor to create presentations, games and applications for the Multimedia Application Layer Hollywood and will be released soon.

Hollywood Designer offers a powerful GUI that has all functions you need to unleash your creativity. With the Hollywood Designer now everyone can create funky Hollywood presentations with just a few clicks and save them for all Amiga platforms, e.g. you can create presentations for MorphOS on AmigaOS or presentations for WarpOS/AmigaOS on MorphOS. Hollywood Designer blasts the borders of the different Amiga platforms!

And now here are some screenshots of Hollywood Designer in action: Hollywood Designer will be released in versions for AmigaOS3, WarpOS, MorphOS and - as soon as it's ready - AmigaOS4. Check back on the website of Airsoft Softwair soon as they will reveal new details about this new Amiga software. (nba)

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16.Feb.2004
IOSPIRIT (ANF)


 IOSPIRIT: New functions in the customer account
IOSPIRIT writes:

"IOSPIRIT continues to further improve its customer service. The latest results of these efforts are two new functions now available to the customers in their account:

My updates

In a central spot, the customer now finds all update- and bonus-files relevant to the products ordered or registered online.

Forum subscriptions

IOSPIRIT now offers account-owners (whether customer or not) the possibility to read and take part in forum-based discussions via their email-client. At this time, there are only forums for the Medusa USB bundle, but a step-by-step expansion of these services for other products is planned." (cg) (Translation: cg)

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16.Feb.2004
Heinz Wrobel (ANF)


 MakeCD: makecdromfs.module 45.12
makecdromfs.module 45.12 with Joliet and HFS support is now available for MakeCD. Various problems of v45.11 are fixed in this version.

Direct download (48 KB) (cg) (Translation: cg)

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16.Feb.2004
Hyperion Entertainment (ANF)


 Hyperion: BlizzardPPC & Cyberstorm PPC repairs
Hyperion Entertainment would like to remind classic Amiga users that they can still take advantage of their repair offer for these cards by emailing timdg@hyperion-entertainment.com as a first point of contact.

Cost for repairs is a flat 145 euro + parts and you may pay via paypal, wire transfer or by cash (at your own risk). Should your card not be repairable, it will be shipped back to you at no cost should you wish. (cg) (Translation: cg)

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15.Feb.2004
GoldEd Support (ANF)


 Text editing: "microgolded" released
microgolded is a simple yet powerful editor for AmigaOS, MorphOS and UAE.

It is a low cost variant of GoldED AIX, designed for basic editing tasks. The editor is released in form of a single executable, for placement in the system's c folder. microgolded is the ideal editor for the boot CD of your OS because it does not need to be installed: it does not need an assign, catalogs, custom libraries etc. It will run even if the AmigaOS startup-sequence is not functional.

microgolded is only available online for instant download (pay securely via paypal). The retail price is 10 EUR. On the launch day, the special retail price is only 5 EUR if you go to this page.

You can download a 30-day trial version here. (cg) (Translation: cg)

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15.Feb.2004
ANN (website)


 New download site for MUI classes
Under the title link has a new download site for MUI classes been set up. It is meant to replace the offer that had formerly been accessible under http://gilfanon.homeip.net/mui/. (cg) (Translation: wk)

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14.Feb.2004
Dietmar Knoll (ANF)


 Public test of the GAUHPIL database
The GAUHPIL (Geographical Amiga Users Home Page Internet List) is a list created and moderated by Dietmar Knoll containing websites of Amiga users sorted by continents and countries. Right now, the GAUHPIL is migrating to a MySQL based database solution.

Under the title link, you can find a description of the current state of things and of course a link to the current draft. Meanwhile, the database functions are in a state that the database could be used. The latest additions are the New Links List and the Lost Links List.

The moderator invites you to thoroughly test all functions, especially the registration of new entries, and send him your feedback about all malfunctions and any strange behaviour.

Currently, the GAUHPIL contains 867 users in 38 countries. (cg) (Translation: cg)

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14.Feb.2004
Olaf K. (ANF)


 AmigaOS4: news about the beta version
Hans-Jörg Frieden of Hyperion gives in a forum contribution on amigaworld.net a short overview about the current stand of developing regarding the AmigaOS4 beta version. We have summarized the essentials for you.

After the beta version had been given to the testers there had of course some minor problems to be solved. More difficulties came only from to things: for one had CD-ROM drives not reliably been recognized by the appropriate device - this problem is said to be solved in the meantime.

The other problem that is still being worked on is occurs just on a little number of configurations and is described by the OS4 team as "hot air effect" - there's a slight display distortion when using a Radeon graphics card in certain display resolutions similar to movements of heated air above hot asphalt. Nevertheless does the Radeon driver work, there are hints to the reasons of this effect and they hope to solve this problem soon.

Right now there's support for a bunch of ATI cards respectively for cards with ATI chips, so does the Radeon 9800 now work with the drivers developed by Forefront Technologies.

In another contribution gives Hans-Jörg particular emphasis on the fact that the 3D support for Radeon cards is by now restricted to the 7xxx series. It wouldn't make sense to get a Radeon 8xxx or 9xxx because of the 3D performance, there's still a long way to go until the according drivers will be available. (cg) (Translation: wk)

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14.Feb.2004



 Eyetech: updates and announcements
The AmigaOne distributor Eyetech has started the rework of his web appearance and put some announcements and updates online:

"EarlyBird" offer discontinued

The "EarlyBird" offer, where the buyers of an AmigaOne don't have to pay for AmigaOS4 and get it delivered by the time of its release, ends on March, 31st 2004. The last amount of AmigaOne-XE computers that will be delivered as "EarlyBird" has already been manufactured. Delivery as long as stock lasts.

Preproduction-MicroA1 in small numbers available, pictures of the new revision

A first number of MicroA1 motherboards (AmigaOne in Mini-ITX format) has been produced. These are identical with the planned specifications for the sales version besides the missing slot for "enhanced I/O interfaces" and the not existing onboard memory. The until now produced devices are exclusively for retailers and developers who want to demonstrate the computer to potential (bulk) buyers or who want already begin with the porting of specific software. The specifications of the now available MicroA1 computers are as follows:
  • Size: 17cm x 17cm x 3.5cm high (excluding PCI riser card)
  • CPU Module: 8cm x 8cm standard AmigaOne module - 750Fx @ 800MHz
  • Memory: Single socket SODIMM. 256MB PC133 CL3 supplied
  • Graphics: Radeon 7000 series, 32MB non-shared memory on board
  • BIOS: Uboot 1.0.0 socketed, with OS4 enabling code
  • Southbridge: VIA 82 2C686B
  • Ethernet: 10/100 with 3COM 920-ST06 controller
  • Sound: Cmedia CMI8738 6 ch controller
  • IDE: 44 way (2.5") and 40 way (3.5") connectors UDMA100
  • Legacy I/O: Parallel, 2 x PS/2, game/MIDI sockets
  • Video I/O: 15 pin SVGA, SVHS (miniDIN), composite video (RCA)
  • Sound: 3.5mm mike, aux and speaker jacks
  • Fast I/O: RJ45 10/100 ethernet, 2x USB1.0 ; 2 x USB1.0 headers
  • PCI: PCI-32 slot expandable to 3 x slots via a suitable riser

Pictures of the new motherboard revision are also available. A special case for the MicroA1 has been built in a small series, too, pictures of it can be found here and here.

Eyetech's website gets an overhaul

To do the change from an Amiga retailer to a PPC motherboard distributor justice, Eyetech's website will be reworked step by step. The webshop will continue to exist for now but Eyetech will only clear existing stocks and charge a fee on small orders. The delivery times for "Classic Amiga" products will become up to two weeks as the articles are now stocked external in a warehouse. (cg) (Translation: wk)

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14.Feb.2004
ANN (website)


 Back to the Roots: Emulators History Project
We want to announce a new service which we started at BTTR, the "Emulators History Project" located at emulators.back2roots.org.

At this location we start to collect source code and binaries of all Amiga emulators ever released. We start with the WinUAE emulator history, other emulators to come later.

All emulator versions online can both be downloaded or browsed, which may be helpful for coders working on any Amiga emulator or emulator supporting/addon projects.

It's a difficult task to find all versions ever released, especially when it comes to the source code (which never had a version in its filename - urghh), that is why we want to ask you for your help to get the collection complete! Please have a look at the current collection of WinUAE files and help us find all missing files (which are marked as red cells): http://emulators.back2roots.org/winuae.

Thanks in advance for your time and contribution. (snx)

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14.Feb.2004
morphzone.org (website)


 Interview with the developer of "Mattathias BASIC"
Michael Ness developes a new BASIC dialect that seems to be heavily inspired by AMOS. The compiler will be available (among others) for AmigaOS3, AmigaOS4, MorphOS and Windows. The first version will produce easily portable code and is therefore restricted to the creation of programs without a graphical users interface. Graphics, sound etc. will be supported later via extensions similar to the AMOS "Extensions". Under the title link you can find an interview with Michael Ness. (cg) (Translation: wk)

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14.Feb.2004
Dirk Stoecker (ANF)


 RekoNet offline
The "RekoNet" server that had offered a comprehensive collection of card sets for the Solitaire card game "Klondike" had to be taken from the net. Because of the high demand for storage and bandwidth and the partly erotic offering it's hard for the providers to find a replacement.

To make the card set collection further online available and also to continue the already started expansion of the offer on other card formats and Solitaire programs are the providers have to rely on small donations. An amount of almost 300 EUR would cover the costs for the next two years. (cg) (Translation: wk)

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14.Feb.2004
Ron van Herk (IRC)


 Computer City: open letter to the Amiga community
The Dutch Amiga retailer Comuter City (http://www.compcity.nl) announces in an open letter to the amiga community that the source code for the multimedia software MediaPoint will be made public to accelerate the developing process. For this, a community portal will be set up to coordinate the work on the project.

Furthermore, Computer City will open their new webshop on March, 1st with support in several languages. Additionally, there'll be some special actions in March.

And just in time for Valentine's Day they announce a USB2.0 PCI card as a present for all their Pegasos-II customers (who have paid their bill). (cr) (Translation: wk)

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13.Feb.2004
amigaworld.net (Website)


 C64: User interface "GEOS" for free download
The graphic C64 user interface GEOS which originally belonged to Berkely Softworks has been now released for free download of the current owner of the rights cmdrkey. But currently the server is not available because of the "slashdot-effect". (cg) (Translation: dr)

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13.Feb.2004
Coyote Flux (ANF)


 New KickFlash-OS4 Update
As Coyote Flux announce, there are new versions available of the KickFlash OS4 Firmware and the CoyoteFlash tool.

CoyoteFlash is a program that has been developed for the Individual Computers KickFlash OS4 Card. It allows full management of the flash card and can install AmigaOS ROM Updates and other modules on machine startup. This allows booting of an OS 3.5 or higher system without any resets involved. More information about this project is available on the Individual Computers website.

Changes of the new version:
  • Now works with any resident modules
  • Supports multiple modules in one file
  • Supports the OpenOXYPPort command for OxyPatcher 3.13, just add the file and it will be installed on bootup
  • Supports the last BoingBag 2 AmigaOS ROM Updates. Since our main developer machine broke down, it was hard to test the compatibility with other systems. Please give us some feedback!
  • New advantages are that you can install AmigaOS ROM updates with different modules. For example, you can install all the updates except scsi.device and use a different scsi.device as a seperate module.
  • Should work with some of the PrepareEmul like programs, but has not been tested intensively yet. Please let us know if it works...
  • The NOROMUPDATE command is no longer needed for Setpatch, it should detect the install automatically now.
Download (14 KB) (snx)

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13.Feb.2004
ANN (Website)


 New superbundle registrations for Pegasos-I-Boards without serial number end
On 14 March 2004 the new superbundle registrations for Pegasos-I-Boards without serial number will end. If you should have a Pegasos-I-Board without serial number und if you should not have ordered your superbundle then please do it as soon as possible.

Owners of a Pegasos II or of a Pegasos I with serial number are not concerned.

After expiration of the mentioned time as a owner of a Pegasos I without serial number you will still only have the possibility to get the superbundle by registering your Pegasos at an authorized Genesi agent. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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13.Feb.2004
Heise Newsticker / Markus Bonet (ANF)


 Source codes of Windows on Internet
Today Microsoft confirmed the rumours: Source codes of Microsoft operating systems Windows NT 4 and Windows 2000 are available on Internet. (cs) (Translation: dr)

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12.Feb.2004
morphos-news.de (Website)


 MorphOS: Adventure "Aqua" Now Part of the SuperBundle
The point-and-click adventure Aqua by Emerald Imaging appeared over the weekend as the latest component of the SuperBundle assortment of software free to all registered Pegasos owners. (cg) (Translation: dm)

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12.Feb.2004
Aminet (Website)


 Aminet Uploads Through 12th Feb. 2004
Here are the new Aminet uploads since our last bulletin: 
DOpusRxTrash.lha     biz/dopus   29K+Global trashcan for DOpus Magellan II
SMRMag2Theme.lha     biz/dopus  686K+Collection of data for Magellan II
Envoy3_1Update.lha   biz/patch   87K+Public Patch for Envoy 3.0
AmiDiction.lha       comm/tcp    31K+Online Dictionary
Telser_Keyfile.lha   comm/tcp     2K+Free Telser.device keyfile for everyone 
MakeHTMLMap.lha      comm/www   600K+Powerful (Web,HTML) Gallery-, Catalog-, 
Kinderegg.lha        demo/euro   41K+Kinderegg - 64K intro from Kindergarden 
Strange-Wierd.lha    demo/euro  421K+"Wierd" - A demo by Strange in 1997
TheLostPuppy4.lha    demo/euro  158K+Demo by Specter - Lost Puppy 4 
asl.lha              dev/cross  1.6M+Cross-assembler for a wide range of proc
objectbrowser.lha    dev/e       11K+Object Browser / System Debugger 0.9
obligement41.lha     docs/mags  1.9M+Obligement #41 - Magazine AmigaOS and Mo
obligement42.lha     docs/mags  2.0M+Obligement #42 - Magazine AmigaOS and Mo
Mattonite.lha        game/demo  862K+Arkanoid demo game, working in progress
WormWars.lha         game/misc  539K+Worm Wars 7.72a: Advanced snake game
BH.lha               game/shoot 283K+Beach Head C64 style game
StefADV.lha          game/text   29K+Little italian text adventure
StefADV2.lha         game/text   71K+2nd little italian text adventure
Marryampic2.lha      game/think 526K+CardSet game with sound-pairs (MorphOS)
MazezaM.lha          game/think 294K+Puzzle game, Sokoban alike (DeLuxe versi
MiniAwari.lha        game/think  50K+Ancient board game (v2.0) 
A2Zee.lha            game/wb     32K+Put the letters in the right order!
Kaleido.lha          game/wb     35K+Try to match the kaleidoscopic patterns!
ffmpeg.lha           gfx/conv   1.5M+Fast video and audio encoder
GIFsplit.lha         gfx/conv    24K+Splits GIF animations into individual GI
GS8gui.lha           gfx/conv    32K+GUI for Ghostscript8 done with rxMUI
QLView.lha           gfx/show   221K+Sinclair QL Screen viewer and iff saver.
DD2AG_0.3.lha        hard/drivr  23K+Makes Amiga Guide out of DriverDescripto
SetClockI2C.lha      hard/hack   50K+SetClock clone using I2C real time clock
softPSUoff.lha       hard/hack    7K+Turn off an ATX-PSU from the shell + ATX
imdbDiff040123.lha   misc/imdb  4.0M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
imdbDiff040130.lha   misc/imdb  3.5M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
aquarobe.lha         mus/play    29K+A skin for Prayer2 [UPDATED]
Pixload-4.3.jpg      pix/misc   132K+Pixload 4.3 preview
PgsChinese.lha       text/dtp   437K+Rudimentary IME script for PageStream
guideml.lha          text/hyper  68K+V3.3 AmigaGuide -> HTML converter with G
selector91.lha       util/batch 564K+Unique script language / launching tool
selectorUPDATE.lha   util/batch 105K+Update from Selector 9.0 to 9.1
IFF2rexx.lha         util/conv    1K+Convert IFF data to rexx source
ExtraLib.lha         util/libs  358K+Complex dynamic buffer system, and other
StartBar-ITA.lha     util/misc   88K+Italian version of StartBar
AmiMSN.lha           util/rexx    7K+(0.2) MSN Messenger client
ADFMaker.lha         util/sys    12K+GUI f r Device.handler (DEV:)
PosTitmui.lha        util/wb     19K+Reminder note for your WB
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12.Feb.2004
WHDLoad (Website)


 WHDLoad: New Packets Through 12th Feb. 2004
With WHDLoad you are able to play from your hard-drive games that were formerly thought of as being floppy-only. The following packets have been released or updated since our last announcement:
  • 12.02.04 updated: Strip Poker (Artworx)
  • 12.02.04 new: Skærmtrolden Hugo (SilverRock)
  • 10.02.04 new: Strip Poker (Artworx)
  • 10.02.04 new: Robinson's Requiem (Silmarils)
  • 10.02.04 improved: Ishar 3 (Silmarils)
  • 07.02.04 fixed: Cosmic Pirate (Palace)
  • 07.02.04 improved: Alien Storm (Sega/U.S.Gold)
  • 07.02.04 new: Strip Poker 3 (Artworx)
  • 07.02.04 new: Dizzy Dice (Smash 16)
  • 05.02.04 improved: Streetfighter 2 (Capcom/U.S.Gold)
  • 05.02.04 new: Lancelot (Level 9)
  • 04.02.04 new: Strip Poker 2 / Deluxe Strip Poker (Artworx)
  • 01.02.04 new: Gazza 2 (Empire)
  • 01.02.04 fixed: Sleepwalker (Ocean)
  • 29.01.04 improved: Alien Breed (Team 17)
(nba) (Translation: dm)

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12.Feb.2004
Raquel Velasco & Bill Buck (E-Mail)


 MorphOS: First Music to Be Added to SuperBundle
Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck of Genesi said in an email that the first music album will be added to the SuperBundle. The music being considered is "TripperTunes" by Ville "Tripper" Sarell. Two of those songs were co-produced by Juho "i-oxo" Järvinen. (snx) (Translation: dm)

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12.Feb.2004
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)


 Microsoft: Windows Services for Unix 3.5 available for free
As Cloanto announces, the Windows Services for Unix 3.5 (SFU) from Microsoft are now available for free.

The SFU include an NFS server which can be used to give one or more Amiga clients access to files stored on a Windows PC in case SFU is running on it. Amiga NFS clients are part of packages such as AmiTCP/IP. (snx)

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12.Feb.2004
CHIP Xonio Online (E-Mail)


 Internet is the Central Medium for Purchasing Decisions
It's undisputable that the Internet is the main source of information for consumers. That's the conclusion of the online purchase advisor CHIP Online and Xonio. According to a current Nielsen//NetRatings study 94 percent of German households check the Internet before making an important buying decision.

[The long article continues with details, not translated -dm] (nba) (Translation: dm)

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12.Feb.2004
David 'Daff' Brunet (E-Mail)


 Amiga Games Hit Parade: Results for January/February 2004
The results of the Amiga Games Hit Parade Vote for best game for the months of January and February 2004 have been released. The list is newly topped by Quake2, followed by Tales of Tamar and Payback. The next vote (Amiga Games Hit Parade of March/April 2004) begins in mid-March 2004. (nba) (Translation: dm)

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12.Feb.2004
Christoph Kimna (ANF)


 Event: Hobbytronic Show at Dortmund-Westfalen Hall
The Hobbytronic Computer Show began yesterday in the Dortmund-Westfalen Hall. The show runs until the 15th of February, 2002.

The HobbyTronic show is good for PC fans, electronic enthusiast, amateur radio buffs, DX-ers, frequency and TV novices, video buffs, and electro-acoustic technicians. It is great for hobby computer users, work computer users, or computer users seeking training. [Remainder of article not translated. It went on to state that the Hobbytronic show was more of a sales show than CeBIT, and that visitors were unlikely to find Amigas there. -dm] (nba) (Translation: dm)

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11.Feb.2004
amiga.org (Website)


 amiga.org: Rework's 2nd phase starts on Friday
The team of amiga.org will start the 2nd phase of their announced rework process on Friday. During the following days the site might be unreachable from time to time (cg) (Translation: ub)

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11.Feb.2004
ann.lu (Website)


 "Momentum Computer" announces a PPC970 motherboard
"Momentum Computer" offers the "970 Evaluation Platform" by the title link. A motherboard for up to two PPC processors of the PPC970 series with the following specifications:
  • Full Size ATX Form-factor.
  • Dual IBM PowerPC 970 Processors.
  • PowerPC 970 NorthBridge.
    • Two point-to-point PowerPC interfaces, running at up to 1GHz.
    • AGP 8X Interface.
    • HyperTransport interface, running at up to 1.2GHz.
    • DDR SDRAM memory controller, dual channel (128-bits + ECC), up to 16GigaBytes of SDRAM supported. Special MUX feature uses only one pair of DIMMs at a time.
  • PLX HT7520 HyperTransport tunnel, with two PCI-X interfaces, each capable of running at 133MHz.
    • One PCI-X interface is hooked up to two 64-bit PCI connectors.
    • The other PCI-X interface is hooked directly to an Intel 82546ER Dual Gigabit Ethernet device.
  • AMD8111 SouthBridge.
    • ATA133 capable EIDE interfaces (Master/Slave).
    • USB interface with 2 ports presented.
    • 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet interface.
    • Standard Power Management.
    • PCI 32-bit @ 33MHz Interface.
  • SMSC LPC47M260 Super I/O Device.
    • Connects to SouthBridge through LPC bus.
    • Flash Interface.
    • Fan Controller Interface.
  • PowerPC 405EP Processor.
    • Acts as Service/Management Processor for 970 processor(s).
    • Flash Interface.
    • Independent memory sub-system (32-bit SDRAM).
    • 10/100 BASE-T Interface.
  • On-Board M-Systems Flash Disk (no moving parts, for diskless applications).
  • Service Processor manages 970's through I2C interface.

Currently two difrent versions are offered. The prices are 4500 and 6000 USD. (cg) (Translation: ub)

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11.Feb.2004
MorphOS-News.de (Website)


 Amiga Games Award 2003 goes to "Knights and Merchants"
The Amiga Games Award 2003 goes to the MorphOS game "Knights and Merchants", a strategic economy simulation by epic interactive. The chart has been chosen by the readers of the "Hit-Parade-Newsletter".

The first ten ranks:
  1. Knights and Merchants
  2. Duke Nukem
  3. Babeanoid 2
  4. Birdieshoot
  5. Pairs NG
  6. Foto-Foto
  7. AmiChess 2
  8. Amhuhn
  9. Project StarFighter
  10. 2 Pairs 2 Furious
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11.Feb.2004
Andreas Balke (ANF)


 Amiga 600 as MP3-Player in a car - Version 2.0
Hello Amiga friends,
because I got a lot of feedback to my crafty project I just want to announce a new version of my Amiga MP3 player in a car.

All about that is to read at the same URL as before:
http://home.tu-clausthal.de/~utaba/A600/A600-e.html.

Greetings,
Andi (snx) (Translation: ub)

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11.Feb.2004
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)


 MorphOS: MLDonkey 2.5-10 released
The MorphOS version of MLDonkey is now available in version 2.5-10.

The new version of the filesharing program contains a new experimental plugin FileTP, which offers the ability to download files via HTTP, FTP and SSH. Information about the other improvements and bug fixes is available within the Archive's (2.5 MB) changeLog file. (snx) (Translation: ub)

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11.Feb.2004
Steffen Nitz (ANF)


 SN-EuroArchiv V1.2 available and new homepage online
The SN-EuroArchiv V1.2 is online at my new homepage which is reachable at http://www.sn-archive.privat.t-online.de or http://www.sn-archive.de.tf. The Aminet upload will follow later.

At the homepage there is also information and a picture available regarding the real time economy simulation "Die Kleine Gilde II" which is still under development. The game will see its first release in about a good four weeks.

SN-EuroArchiv is a coin manager, especially for Euro coins. It manages single coins, coin sets, special or commemorative coins, coin rolls and "starterkits" in a simple way. It is possible to view the collection in tables and statistics to help to complete the collection.

Changes since version 1.1:
  • Save and print of annual table added
  • Table with number and value of the coins sorted by country (country statistics)
  • Look up possibility for the auction value of the collection within the project window
  • Nominal value count statistic added
  • Accurate numbers within the collectors value statistics
  • Problems with buttons fixed
  • manual changed to Amigaguide format and addition of history
(snx) (Translation: ub)

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10.Feb.2004
Dirk "Docki" Dockbreyder (ANF)


 Club Amiga Magazine: February edition published
The February edition of Club Amiga Magazine (CAM) has been published.

From the contents:
  • Editorial
  • AmigaOS 4 Update
  • The Boing Case
  • My AmigaOne Adventure by Carl Moppett
  • My AmigaOne Adventure by Steven Solie
  • Backdrops R Us
  • Member's Corner
  • Letters
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10.Feb.2004
Captain HIT (ANF)


 ASoft: Updates of CManager and Calendar.mcc
Alfonso Ranieri (ASoft) has provided new versions of the Contact Manager also of the MUI class Calendar.mcc. The CManager lays now in: Version 28.5 (450 KB) , Calendar.mcc in Version 15.2 (86 KB).

The CManager is a bookmark-office. Instead of the latest edition more bugs are cleaned.

Calender.mcc makes the input of the date and graphic user interfaces easier which are made by MUI. In the new version the dayname is written with backcolor (snx) (Translation: gf)

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09.Feb.2004
hawe (ANF)


 Envoy: Update-Patch
Heinz Wrobel released a patch (87 KB) for Envoy 3.0.
The patch fixes known problems of Envoy 3.0 and increases the compatibility with Amiga emulations. Further details are to be found in the file 'FixedBugs'.

Update patches for the Envoy development version are available, too. (snx) (Translation: sk)

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09.Feb.2004
Slashdot (Website)


 Videotoaster: New source code
Recently the source code of 'character generator' and 'toaster paints' was released. Now there are some more parts of the video editing software Video Toaster Flyer available at openvideotoaster.org.
  • ChromaFX: Realtime color processing like sepia effect, color negative, day-for-night, videochrome and some more.
  • Switcher: Cut, crossfading and wipes between four video and three internal sources.
  • Flyer and Edit: non-linear, tapeless video editing on the hard disk with drag'n'drop storyboard and switcher view for live production.
(snx) (Translation: sk)

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08.Feb.2004
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)


 First version of Arjuna, new Windows drivers for Catweasel
Arjuna is a modular, expandable solution to access floppy disks from many different systems. It supports the Catweasel controller to read and write formats not compatible with the standard PC controller. Arjuna is written in C++ and uses Qt for its GUI. The project by Christoph 'Doc Bacardi' Thelen now has its own homepage and a mirror on our webspace. The first version 0.6beta is available for download there.

Arjuna is a project that reaches very far into the past, digging deep into almost forgotten knowledge about data storage. At the same time it focusses on the future as a universal tool for data restauration and conversion. Hoping to find a lot of developers to contribute floppy disk formats, Christoph is trying to make this a Sourceforge project.

The Windows version of Arjuna needs an updated driver for the Catweasel to work properly. Download this version here (87 KB, experimental). (snx)

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07.Feb.2004
morphos-news.de (website)


 Swedish Web portal for Pegasos/MorphOS
The Swedish Amiga distributor GGS-Data has set up a Web portal for Scandinavian Pegasos users under www.pegasosworld.se. The established Swedish Pegasos forum pegasos.org is accessible again and has been integrated into pegasosworld.se. (cg) (Translation: wk)

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07.Feb.2004
morphos-news.de (website)


 Pegasos: Official Gentoo and OpenBSD support
As OpenBSD says, will the Genesis PPC computers "Pegasos" and Pegasos-II" now be supported. Download links and a short installation instruction can be found on the OpenBSD website.

The Gentoo kernel "ppc-sources-dev-2.4.24" now supports the Pegasos-II, too. This kernel offers among other things "cryptoloop" (for encrypted file systems), GRSecurity 2.0-rc4, access control lists and some more things.

Under http://dev.gentoo.org/~dholm/ppc.html you can find kernels to adapt an existing Pegasos installation for a Pegasos-II. Kernels for a complete new installation on a Pegasos-II are also available. (cg) (Translation: wk)

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07.Feb.2004
Dirk "Docki" Dockbreyder (ANF)


 Magazine: next CAM issue postponed
Because of a last minute extension will the next issue of the Amiga online magazin "Club Amiga Monthly" be released on February, 9th instead of February, 7th, as it was announced before. (cg) (Translation: wk)

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07.Feb.2004
OSNews (ANF)


 CNN: The silliest moments of the IT industries in 2003
CNN has collected the "silliest occurrences in the IT industry in 2003" and presents under the title link a collection of funny anecdotes - from CD copy protection that can be "removed" via the "shift" key to Microsoft's toilet PC "iLoo". (cg) (Translation: wk)

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07.Feb.2004
Captain HIT (ANF)


 ASoft: new MUI libraries and tools
Alfonso Ranieri (ASoft) has released new updates of his programs: CManager v28.2 (global contact management), TheBar.mcc v16.2 (MUI button bar class), RxMUI v40.5 (ARexx MUI library), RexxMustHave v22.4 (Rexx functions) and Calendar.mcc v15.1 (Calendar MUI class for an easy date input). (nba) (Translation: wk)

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07.Feb.2004
Merregnon-Team (email)


 Merregnon: new work in progress file of Merregnon 2 and cooperation wih MUSA Ltd
Merregnon Studios, the makers of the highly anticipated music CD of the same name, and MUSA Ltd. bundle the powers to make a high quality of live orchestra recordings and post productions for the video gaming industry possible. There's a work in progress music piece of the second part of Merregnon in MP3 format with a length of 1:30 minutes online. The piece has been recorded by Andy Brick with members of the Prague Symphony Orchestra and the New Yorker Philharmony. (nba) (Translation: wk)

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07.Feb.2004
Tom Duin a.k.a. Amigaharry (ANF)


 Search program: SearchStar 0.84
The search program "SeachStar" is available in version 0.84. With this tool you can search files and file comments and do many more things. New in version 0.84 is the possibility to search in several directories and drives. (nba) (Translation: wk)

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07.Feb.2004
Dietmar Knoll (ANF)


 First draft of the GAUHPIL data base online
The GAUHPIL (Geographical Amiga Users Home Page Internet List) is a list created and moderated by Dietmar Knoll containing websites of Amiga users sorted by continents and countries. Right now is the GAUHPIL migrating to a MySQL based database solution. Under the title link you can find a description of the current state of things and of course a link to the first draft.

The start page is now localized into German/English. New are the lists for each single continent. The users can be found as before sorted in alphabetical order below their countries, in addition you can now query single countries or search for single terms.

Things to do are a form for entering new links, a form (with password request) for changing existing links, a dynamic list of new links and a dynamic list of lost links.

For now, the GAUHPIL contains 867 users in 38 countries. (nba) (Translation: wk)

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06.Feb.2004
morphzone.org (Website)


 Video of TV-presentation of Pegasos II available
The Pegasos II presentation which took place on the Hungarian TV station "FixTV" is now available on morphzone.org as an AVI-video. You can download it under the title link. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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05.Feb.2004
ANN (Website)


 Picture Viewer: MiniShowPicture 1.55
A new version of the picture viewer "MiniShowPicture" has been released, containing the following changes:
  • Special version for users without graphics cards (beta status)
  • new title picture
  • Shortcut "h" to change the display mode
  • shows picture on its own screen (shortcut "g")
  • filenames may be changed
  • more smaller changes...

Direct download: MiniShowPicture.lha (275 KB) (cg) (Translation: dm)

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05.Feb.2004
morphos-news.de (Website)


 MorphOS: Poll for "Freeware of the Year"
On morphzone.org there's a poll to decide the best "Freeware of the Year." All registered users of the portal may vote.

The nominees must fulfill the following criteria:
  1. No Ports
  2. Either MorphOS native or at the least "thought of for MOS"
  3. Free (no shareware)

The license (closed source/open source) as well as the utilized programming language are not material to the poll.

The poll runs until noon on Friday the 29th of February. The nominees are:
  • 2Pair2Furious
  • AmigaMARK
  • AmiNetRadio
  • CDSpeedKiller
  • CyberLemmings
  • Euph0ria
  • Maguila
  • MiniShowPicture
  • PTP DigCam
  • TranspoClock
  • WallGet
  • ZoneXplorer
(cg) (Translation: dm)

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05.Feb.2004



 Convention: Date for AmiWest 2004 Set
The organizers of AmiWest have set and made public the date for this year's show: 24th and 25th July. This year the show will take place at a new location. Further details will follow. (cg) (Translation: dm)

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05.Feb.2004
Sebastian Bauer (ANF)


 SimpleMail: Version 0.23 Released
The email program SimpleMail has reached version 0.23.

Changes since the previous version:
  • AppIcon support (bgol)
  • mbox Data may be directly imported in a selected order (bgol)
  • APOP support
  • ported to MorphOS (henes)
  • various bugfixes
(snx) (Translation: dm)

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05.Feb.2004
ANN (Website)


 Video Toaster Flyer: Source Code Released
On www.openvideotoaster.org the source code for the Video Toaster Flyer by NewTek has been released as a gift to Amiga users. Previously Amiga Video Toaster Flyer Character Generator and Toaster Paint had been released.

Newtek was founded in 1991 by Tim Jenison and partners. Their Amiga Video Toaster enabled the production of video at drastically lower prices than the studio equipment that had been available until that time. In 1994 came the Newtek Video Toaster Flyer, tapeless processing hardware.

With this gesture by Newtek, opening the source code, the world doesn't just get the first video production system in a box. It gets the first open source realtime video processing system for the Amiga.

The Amiga Video Toaster Flyer Character Generator supports among other things Postscript, Real-time Scrolls, and professional-quality crawls and titling of live or pre-taped videos and static pictures.

ToasterPaint is a 24-Bit paint program with tools for drawing, coloring, tinting, blending, and warping of pictures. (snx) (Translation: dm)

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05.Feb.2004
Gunnar Bernhardt (Maintainer dt. Mirror) (ANF)


 WinUAE 0.8.24 Released
Toni Wilen has released a new version of his Windows port of UAE.

Removed Bugs:
  • Undesired keyboard input while using USB keyboards under Windows 9x/ME
  • Updates of the bsdsocket emulation (TCP:, Apache)
  • The saving of a compressed "state" data without zlib1.dll resulted in data distortion
  • crashing after saving "state" data a fourth time

Newly added:
  • Multi-monitor support improved
  • Slide-bar for the speaker volume as well as corresponding keyboard shortcuts ("END"+"Numpad -", "END"+"Numpad +" und "END"+"Numpad *", as well as Multimedia keypress "Volume +/-" und "Mute")
  • Configurable emulation of the floppy noises :)
  • Improved debugger (new breakpoints, memwatch points etc.)
  • Windows XP-compatible multi-mouse support, improved input support
  • FDI 2.0 disk image format

And a few smaller updates.

WinUAE may be downloaded under the title link. A German mirror that also offers older versions of the emulator is at http://www.webwood.de/winuae_1/index.html. (cg) (Translation: dm)

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04.Feb.2004
MorphOS-News.de (Website)


 LinuxPPC: Debian supports Pegasos II from kernel version 2.4.22-6 on
The official Debian PowerPC kernel supports not only the Pegasos I but also the Pegasos II now. It is a V 2.4.22 kernel with back ported security fixes.

The version 2.4.22-8 works so far, but voodoo fbdev is not integrated yet, the radeonfb should work. There is also an image available for a network install. That one does not work with Voodoo gfx cards yet - Radeons should work without problems.

Further information is available at the Pegasos Linux forum. (snx) (Translation: ub)

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04.Feb.2004
AmiGBG (Website)


 AmiGBG: More exhibitors announced
At the AmiGBG held on April the 3rd in Swedish Goteborg there will be some more exhibitors among them Martin Blom, developer of the audio systems for AmigaOS Classic, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS, AHI, as well as the company Guru Meditation and the online community AmigaWorld.net. (nba) (Translation: ub)

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04.Feb.2004
Heise Newsticker (Website)


 Game consoles: X-Box 2 equipped with three PPC processors by IBM
The not yet for the public released specifications of the "X-Box 2" by Microsoft seem to have been given to an American newspaper. According to that the console will be equipped with three processors of the PPC 9xx family by IBM, like those known from Apple's G5 computers. (cg) (Translation: ub)

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03.Feb.2004
Christian Rosentreter (E-Mail)


 Scalos: Version 1.4 Beta of Workbench replacement available
Available since Silvester 2003 is the version 12.4 beta of the Workbench replacement Scalos. The archive has a size of 744 KB and contains only the files updated or changed since Version 1.2 (432 KB).

Some new features of Scalos are for instance complete multitasking (every window has its own task), transparency of icons, if dragged above something where drag&drop is applicable, Stretching, Tiled, and centering of backdrops, iconify of drawer icons, and a plugin system for exchange and adding of new features.

Minimum system requirements are an Amiga with 68020, Kickstart 3.0, 1 MB free memory and MUI 3.6. Recommended are MUI 3.8, also the render.library, guigfx.library, popupmenu.library and the newicons.library. The mentionend libraries are also available on the Scalos-Download-page.
On the website a list of all changes/updates is available in the History. (snx) (Translation: gf)

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03.Feb.2004
ANN (Website)


 Operating Systems: Athene 3.3 published
With version 3.3 of Athene the OS has some more similarities towards the AmigaOS. For example the ASL based file requester was reworked and the file manager contains now DirOpus inspired functions like single click, multi choice and a ew fullscreen mode (Screenshot).

Athene is an OS running for itself or it can be hosted under Windows or Linux. The GUI is variable and can be configured to look like Windows or AmigaOS.
The versions for Windows and Linux can be downloaded for free. Requirements are min. Pentium-II-processor, Windows 98/Kernel-Version 2.4 of Linux. (snx) (Translation: gf)

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03.Feb.2004
AmigaWorld.net (ANF)


 New screenshots of AmigaOS 4 published
On AmigaWorld.net you can find new inofficial screenshots of AmigaOS4.

You will see a general Workbench screenshot with IBrowse, SoundPlayer and the new layers.library in action (shape and mask of windows) and some running 68k-programs: ArtEffect, WBAsteroid, ZoneXplorer and YAM.

Further more two screenshots show Descent 2 (1, 2). This is a port from d2x, the Linux/SDL-version of the game. Hyperion is working on an optimisation and on an OpenGL-Integration. (snx) (Translation: gf)

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02.Feb.2004
Ron van Schaik (E-Mail)


 Commodore Gebruikers Groep: Amiga-Party on April 17th in Holland
The Dutch Commodore Gebruikers Groep will held an Amiga-Party in Maarssen on April 17th.

Two halls are available. The venue is to be found in the Kerkweg 21, Maarssen, The Netherlands. Visitors are welcome from 10 to 16.

Additional information can be found on the homepage of the 'Commodore Gebruikers Groep': http://commodore-gg.hobby.nl. (snx) (Translation: sk)

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31.Jan.2004
Roger (ANF)


 Amiga intern: 2nd issue online
The January issue (7.4 MB) of the German PDF magazine Amiga intern is available for download.

Subjects of the 42 pages issue of the magazine are among others a big digicam report, part 2 of the Movieshop workshop, USB on the Amiga and Knoppix. (snx) (Translation: wk)

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31.Jan.2004
Tom Duin alias Amigaharry (ANF)


 Update: SearchStar v0.81 now also compatible with Directory Opus
The program SearchStar, which searches files on the hard disk which name or content match a certain search pattern and optionally also replaces this by another string, has now been updated to version 0.81 (26 KB).

The previous version didn't work with Directory Opus 5.82 Magellan II, since this program adds a slash mark to the end of each path. This is filtered now by SearchStar v0.81. Also memory is freed faster now. (snx)

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31.Jan.2004
ScummVM Amiga Ports website (ANF)


 ScummVM 0.5.1-R2 68k & WarpOS released
Uwe Ryssel has newly compiled the current version 0.5.1 of ScummVM for 68k (731 KB) and WarpOS (829 KB).

Using ScummVM, classic adventures from LucasArts - like for example Monkey Island 1-3, Day Of The Tentacle, Sam & Max, The Dig or Full Throttle - can be played on modern Amiga systems.

The new release has been compiled from the MorphOS source code and runs faster and more stable than the previous version. (snx)

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30.Jan.2004
WHDLoad (Website)


 WHDLoad: New packets until 30.01.2004
With WHDLoad you can install games which you can normally play only from disk on your hard drive. The following packets have been added or updated:
  • 27.01.04 improved: Sabre Team (Krisalis)
  • 27.01.04 improved: Hook (Ocean)
  • 27.01.04 improved: Tetris: The Soviet Challenge (Spectrum HoloByte)
  • 27.01.04 improved: Mind-Roll (Thalamus)
  • 24.01.04 new: Silicon Dreams (Rainbird/Level 9)
(nba) (Translation: dr)

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30.Jan.2004
Elbox (E-Mail)


 MediatorUP 3.9
ELBOX COMPUTER
Krakow, 30 January 2004

MediatorUP 3.9

The MediatorUP 3.9 update for Mediator PCI 3/4000T, Mediator PCI 4000D, Mediator PCI 4000Di, Mediator PCI 4000, Mediator PCI 3000D, Mediator PCI 1200 SX, Mediator PCI 1200LT4, Mediator PCI 1200, Mediator PCI 1200LT and Mediator PCI ZIV has been made available today.

The MediatorUP 3.9 update includes new tools:
  • MedConfig ver. 1.0
  • PowerOff

MedConfig helps configuring all Mediator jumpers and all variables of Mediator drivers for the PCI cards.

PowerOff switches off the computer equipped with Mediator PCI 1200SX and ATX PSU.

The update includes new versions of:
  • pci.library
  • Voodoo.card
  • MediatorNET.device

Changes:
  • pci.library ver. 6.2
    • many internal changes
  • Voodoo.card ver. 2.20
    • support for Mediator PCI 1200LT and LT4 added
  • MediatorNET.device ver. 2.8
    • support for Mediator PCI 1200LT and LT4 added

Info on the current versions is available in the DOWNLOADS | Mediator section of Elbox' homepage.

The current list of supported PCI cards is available in the Mediator Driver Guide. (cg) (Translation: cg)

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30.Jan.2004
Elbox (E-Mail)


 Mediator Multimedia CD UP 1.25
ELBOX COMPUTER
Krakow, 30 January 2004

Mediator Multimedia CD UP 1.25

The MM CD 1.25 update for users of Mediator PCI 3/4000T, Mediator PCI 4000D, Mediator PCI 4000Di, Mediator PCI 4000, Mediator PCI 3000D, Mediator PCI 1200 SX, Mediator PCI 1200LT4, Mediator PCI 1200, Mediator PCI 1200LT and Mediator PCI ZIV busboards, who are registered owners of the Mediator Multimedia CD, has been released today.

The Mediator Multimedia CD UP 1.25 includes a new configuration tool:
  • MedConfig ver. 1.0

MedConfig helps configuring all Mediator jumpers and all variables of Mediator drivers for the PCI cards.

The update includes new versions of:
  • Voodoo.card
  • fm801.audio
  • sb128.audio
  • mixer.library
  • FastEthernet.device
  • tv.library
  • tv.vhi

Changes:
  • Voodoo.card ver. 4.23
    • support for Mediator PCI 1200LT and LT4 added
    • Voodoo4/5 SDRAM initialisation changed
    • protection against second driver start added
    • switching between PPC and 68k accesses to the Voodoo card accelerated
  • fm801.audio ver. 4.5
    • support for Mediator PCI 1200LT and LT4 added
  • sb128.audio ver. 4.11
    • support for Mediator PCI 1200LT and LT4 added
  • mixer.library ver. 1.9
    • support for Mediator PCI 1200LT and LT4 added
  • FastEthernet.device ver. 1.13
    • support for Mediator PCI 1200LT and LT4 added
    • compatibility with ShapeShifter added
  • tv.library ver. 3.4
    • support for Mediator PCI 1200LT and LT4 added
    • problem (from ver.3.0) with YAM solved
    • S-Video output initialisation procedure changed
  • tv.vhi ver.1.3
    • support for Mediator PCI 1200LT and LT4 added

The current developer documentations for tv.library and mixer.library are enclosed with the MM CD 1.25.

Info on the current versions is available in the DOWNLOADS | Mediator section of Elbox' homepage.

The current list of supported PCI cards is available in the Mediator Driver Guide. (cg) (Translation: cg)

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30.Jan.2004
Genesi (e-mail)


 MorphOS added to the Motorola Design Alliance Program
After the hardware platform Pegasos now also MorphOS has been added to the Motorola Design Alliance Program.

"MorphOS is designed around the concept of shared resources and the ability to build up applications using shared system components. MorphOS is not Unix based." (snx)

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30.Jan.2004
giga.de (ANF)


 Source code of "Enemy Territory" released
After releasing the source codes of "Alien versus Predator 2", "Unreal Tournament 2003" and "No One Lives Forever" "id Software" follows that and release the source code of the popular online shooter "Enemy Territory". (cg) (Translation: dr)

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29.Jan.2004
ANN (Website)


 ASoft: Updates to CManager and TheBar.mcc
Alfonso Ranieri (ASoft) updated his products CManager (422 KB) and TheBar.mcc (302 KB).

CManager is a centralized bookmark selector. TheBar.mcc is an MUI class, with which one uses simple tools in a manner similar to Windows programs. (snx) (Translation: dm)

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29.Jan.2004
ANN (Website)


 AmiGBG: Alan Redhouse to Appear / Tickets available by PayPal
On the 3rd of April in Gothenburg, Sweden, the convention AmiGBG is occurring and Alan Redhouse will be a guest. He'll discuss current developments about the AmigaOne and give an idea of what users can expect in the years ahead.

Additionally, PayPal has been implemented in the ticket-buying system. Whoever purchases a ticket this way is automatically entered in a drawing for a film DVD. (snx) (Translation: dm)

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29.Jan.2004
Rafal Kaczmarczyk (ANF)


 Databank: XBaze Version 7.3 Beta 15a Available
The databank program XBaze has reached version 7.3 Beta 15a (480 KB). Requirements are at least AmigaOS 3.0, and the program also runs under MorphOS.

XBaze is "cardware" and makes use of dynamic memory management, whereby the size of the databank is only limited by the amount of available memory.

A Few Features of XBaze:
  • simple to use GUI, among other things it has font sensitivity, shortcuts, tooltypes, localization and popup menus
  • six types of configurable fields
  • URL handling through openurl.library
  • use of the system clipboard
  • layout editor with drag&drop
  • flexible sort and search options
  • configurable print option
  • save and load in ASCII format (CSV and TSV)
  • ARexx port (over 80 commands)
  • Statistic option
(snx) (Translation: dm)

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29.Jan.2004
teltarif.de


 Deutsche Telekom Plans DSL Speed Alterations
Deutsche Telekom [the German telephone service state monopoly -dm] has announced they will be increasing the speed of DSL connections.

[details clipped, not translated -dm]

Read more [in the German language] under the title link. (cs) (Translation: dm)

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28.Jan.2004
Amiga.org (Website)


 Team AROS with new website
The support group of the Amiga Research Operating System (AROS), the "Team AROS", are presenting their new website. (snx) (Translation: ub)

[News message: 28. Jan. 2004, 23:16] [Comments: 0]
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28.Jan.2004
Carsten Siegner (ANF)


 Pegasos II: Online sales reactivated
As MorphOS-News.de reports, the Pegasos II can be ordered online again at PegasosPPC.com since today. (snx)

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28.Jan.2004
Dirk "Docki" Dockbreyder (ANF)


 Magazine: Club Amiga Magazine #12 release on February the 7th 2004
The release of issue #12 of the Club Amiga Magazine (CAM) will be delayed as said by the editors. The next issue will be released on February the 7th 2004. (nba) (Translation: ub)

[News message: 28. Jan. 2004, 20:46] [Comments: 0]
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28.Jan.2004
David 'Daff' Brunet (E-Mail)


 AGHP: Vote for the Amiga game of the year 2003
The editors of "Amiga Games Hit Parade" are asking for a vote regarding the Amiga game 2003. Participation on that vote is possible by following the title link. The results and a winner will be said within the next days. (nba) (Translation: ub)

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28.Jan.2004
MorphOS-News.de (website)


 IBM: Information about Genesi's Open Desktop Workstation (Update)
IBM did now also add Genesi's Pegasos-based Open Desktop Workstation to the Global Solutions Directory.

"The Open Desktop Workstation is available as a turnkey, built to order solution with a number of configuration packages available, including multiple distributions of open-source Linux, and OpenBSD. Other options are available on request.

The combined reference designs and open standards give the Open Desktop Workstation the flexibility to unleash PowerPC onto the desktops of the workplace and the server racks of the small business. The desktop version allows the workplace to have a level of conformity between servers and office equipment reducing the total technology overhead. Providing a natural path of progression from user to system administration the desktop version can minimize outside training requirements. Rack mount versions provide the small business and educators with servers that not only perform, but perform silently, consuming less power, and with the reliability expected from PowerPC.

Running several distributions of Linux out of the box along with OpenBSD, the Open Desktop Workstation will be capable of running future Linux distributions by virtue of the open standards adopted by its design. Being customizable to particular needs, the Open Desktop Workstation may be used with its own closed source Operating System for enterprises that require it.

The Open Desktop Workstation, whether using closed or open source systems, is available in both "do it yourself" and as a complete turnkey system built to the specifications of many enterprises both large and small."

Update: (28.01.04, 23:23, snx)
The Open Desktop Workstation is now also mentioned in the Design Alliance Member Directory from Motorola. (snx)

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 Files: Interview with Petra Struck at amiga-news.de
The mp3 file of the interview with Petra Struck, founder of amiga-news.de, done by Faclon, supported by the "User der Nordseeküste", from January the 25th 2003 will be only available at the server of amiga-news.de. We thank the user group UDN for their free hosting during the last 12 months!

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 Anti virus program: New PatchBrain V1.55 for VirusExecutor 2.29
Jan Erik Olausen has released a new PatchBrain version 1.55 for his virus scan program VirusExecutor version 2.29. At Virus Help Team Canada the program is available for download. An update is also possible by the Live Update option within VirusExecutor. (nba) (Translation: ub)

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 Update of the Amiga Hardware World
The Amiga Hardware World (AHW) has been updated today.

This update mostly covers busboards and mainboards - mainboard photos of the A3000T, A3000, A500+ as well as the CD32 were added and also pictures and descriptions of several busboards from Micronik, Elbox and RBM. Furthermore there are twelve new manuals and ten new installation disks.

An overview about the latest changes is available here:
http://amiga.resource.cx/about.html (English)
http://amiga.resource.cx/aboutde.html (German)

At AHW there are currently more than 740 expansions for the Amiga registered, all with description and most of them with pictures. (snx) (Translation: ub)

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