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`22.Dec.2003` Sprocki (ANF)	Mail program: New YAM 2.5 Development version (Update) A new snapshot of the current development version of YAM can now be downloaded. Changes made are to be found in the ChangeLog. Amendment 23.12.2003, (ps): This version is realy a development version and may contain bugs that can cause lost of data. The development team does not offer any support or garanty for this version. Support requests will remain unanswered. Use it at your own risk! (cg) (Translation: sk) [News message: 22. Dec. 2003, 20:51] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`22.Dec.2003` dcr8520 (ANF)	Software News: News by amiga.sf.net Diego 'DCR8520' Casorran updated some of the many utilities ported from Linux. They are available at amiga.sf.net. Updates of the following programs are available: cURL NetPBM Wget OpenSSL UnRAR bzip2 (now contains a shared library) All programs are native ports. That is you do not need the ixemul.library. (cg) (Translation: sk) [News message: 22. Dec. 2003, 20:49] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`22.Dec.2003` Carsten Siegner (ANF)	GPSInfo: GPS-Navigation system for Amiga Carsten Siegner developed a basic navigation system for AmigaOS based on common GPS hardware. 'GPSInfo' displays the current position (longitude and latitude), the altitude above the sea, current speed, date and time as well as some GPS details like the quality of connection, currently available GPS satellites and so on. Furthermore it displays the current position by listing nearby villages or geographical points. Additional information can be found at the title link. Direct Download (15 KB) (cg) (Translation: sk) [News message: 22. Dec. 2003, 20:39] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`22.Dec.2003`	Update: DriverDescriptorBox V4 Version 4 of the DriverDescriptorBox released. It contains driver descriptors for the Hardware Assistant. (nba) (Translation: sk) [News message: 22. Dec. 2003, 19:54] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`22.Dec.2003` Felix Schwarz (E-Mail)	IOSPIRIT wishes a Merry Christmas IOSPIRIT wishes all friends, partners, customers and their families a Merry Christmas and a healthy, happy and successful new year 2004. (nba) [News message: 22. Dec. 2003, 16:42] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`22.Dec.2003` Kjell Breding (E-Mail)	AmiGBG 2004 - Swedish Amiga Fair For the third year in a row, the Swedish Amiga fair AmiGBG is arranged in Gothenburg, Sweden. The date set for AmiGBG 2004 is the 17th of April next year. The AmiGBG fair is an event which is focused on the Amiga computer platform and is once a year gathering companies, user groups, users and visitors who are all interested in or curious about the platform that created the essence of multimedia - the Amiga. This year's fair is held by three Amiga user groups all situated in Sweden; AmiGBG from Gothenburg, ACGGBG (Amiga Computer Group) from Gothenburg and Syntax Society from Landskrona in the south of Sweden. In the year 2002 the first AmiGBG event was held. It was a huge success with around 450 visitors. The year after, it was yet again time to open the gates for another great AmiGBG fair at Lindholmen, Gothenburg. AmiGBG is an event that partly looks back upon the history around the Amiga personal computer, but the main focus lies on the promising future that this platform now has - in terms of new hardware (the AmigaOne) which is based on the PowerPC processor and a new version of AmigaOS (Amiga Operating System) for this new hardware - AmigaOS 4. At the fair, you will have a chance to see the new AmigaOne systems based on the G3 and G4 processors and also have a look on the classic Amiga computers that many people were brought up together with - these days gathered under the concept Classic Amiga. At AmiGBG 2004 we also hope to be able to present a complete version of the AmigaOS 4 running on the AmigaOne. If so, that will be the highlight of the fair and a starting shot for the comeback of Amiga! Furthermore; Linux will be demonstrated on AmigaOne, user groups will have a chance to present themselves - the fair is a gathering force for everyone interested in the future of Amiga. The target group is of course people interested in Amiga, but also people that are interested in alternative computer platforms. Among the exhibitors, you will find everything from Swedish and European companies to Swedish user groups. Not only pure Amiga related companies have been invited - but also other hardware retailers. For some more information about the previous events held by AmiGBG, please check these links: Report from AmigaRulez Report from DeviceTop.com Report from IDG For further information about AmiGBG 2004: Web: www.amigbg.com E-Mail: info@amigbg.com (nba) (Translation: sk) [News message: 22. Dec. 2003, 11:28] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`22.Dec.2003`	Magazine: The Crypt #33 Issue #33 of 'The Crypt', an English online magazine, published. The online version is to be found at the title link. If you want to have the download version feel free to use the following link: Download: ZIP-Version of The Crypt #33 Content: The real story of Christmas Creation of desktop wallpaper and icons for PC New PC game: "Call of Duty" New News-Website about Amiga Alternative use of CDs and DVDs Using two computers with one monitor - Howto Reciptes (nba) (Translation: sk) [News message: 22. Dec. 2003, 11:20] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`22.Dec.2003` Thilo Köhler (ANF)	Audio: HD-Rec 09 Beta Demo A new beta version of 'HD-Rec' is now available at the title link. 'HD-Rec' can be used to arrange audio and MIDI recordings within the same window and play them simultaneously. Addtional information can be found at the title link. Download: http://www.hd-rec.de/Archive/HD-Rec_09Beta.lha Screenshots: http://www.hd-rec.de/index.php?site=screenshots Demo Songs: http://www.hd-rec.de/index.php?site=download (nba) (Translation: sk) [News message: 22. Dec. 2003, 11:13] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`21.Dec.2003` Chris Perver (ANF)	Textviewer: EvenMore updated I have updated EvenMore exe and plugins to use the OpenURL library for the clickable links, both in the MSWord and HTML plugins, so now if you click on an email address or a Web address, the appropriate app will open. I have also updated the MSWord plugin to find the correct start and end file positions from the FileInfoBlock (before I was just estimating, which sometimes didn't work). (snx) [News message: 21. Dec. 2003, 08:06] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`20.Dec.2003` Davy Wentzler (ANF)	New Audio Evolution 4 screenshots on OS4 on the AmigaOne released Now that Audio Evolution 4 is running natively on OS4 for some months, it is time to present you with some screenshots. Please look at the screenshots section of Audio Evolution 4 at http://www.audio-evolution.com/AE4/Screenshots.html. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year everyone! Davy Wentzler Audio Evolution (snx) [News message: 20. Dec. 2003, 18:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`20.Dec.2003` ANN (comments)	A look back at IBM's PowerPC activities in 2003 / Genesi mentioned In the lead article of the December issue of the IBM PowerPC processor news, PPC Marketing Managers Kalpesh Gala and Jesse Stein look back at IBM's PowerPC activities in 2003. Mentioned in brief, although without further individual details, are also Genesi, Mai and Marvell. (snx) [News message: 20. Dec. 2003, 17:51] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`20.Dec.2003` AMIGAplus Redaktion	AMIGAplus 12/2003 (#142): Weihnachtszeit Am 19. Dezember 2003 erschien die Ausgabe 12/2003 (#142) der AMIGAplus (Versand am 17.12.2003) mit folgenden Themen: A1200 im Acryl-Glas-Tower Fast jeder Amiga-Anwender mit einem Amiga 1200 in einem Towergehäuse kennt das Problem, ganz besonders aber alle, die ihren Amiga in einem Towersystem von MicroniK untergebracht haben: Wenn die Anzahl an eingebauter Hardware zunimmt, geht die Stabilität des Towers verloren. Mit etwas Geschick und Fleiß können auch Sie Ihrem Classic Amiga 1200 auf seine alten Tage ein würdiges und vor allem ein stabiles Gehäuse selbst bauen. Die Materialwahl fiel auf das dem Glas in der Konsistenz ähnliche Material Acryl. Tipps für Santa Claus Nur noch wenige Tage, dann quetscht sich der weißbärtige Dicke mit dem roten Mantel wieder durch die Schornsteine in allen Nationen. Damit der gute Santa das Weihnachtsfest nicht durch das falsche Geschenk verdirbt, sollten Sie noch eilig einen Wunschzettel ausfüllen und an der rechten Stelle platzieren. Die schönsten Geschenke für Amiganer, Technik- und Design-Liebhaber finden Sie in der AMIGAplus – auch für den kleinen Geldbeutel fernab vom Kommerzialismus. Digitalkameras im Aufschwung In keinem Jahr zuvor hat sich das digitale Aufnahmemedium so schlagkräftig durchsetzen können. Die Absatz kurve der Hersteller verläuft steil nach oben und zeigt, dass Fotografen aller Themengebiete dem neuen Medium vertrauen und es vermehrt einsetzen, den Schritt in die Fotografie wagen oder den Wechsel von der Analog- zur Digitalfotografie vollziehen. Wir präsentieren die Highlights des zurückliegenden, hervorragenden Jahrganges 2003 und geben den einen oder anderen Tipp für den Weihnachtsmann. AMIGAplus CD #25 Schwerpunkte: PNG-Icons für das AmigaOS (Icons, Tools, Infos); Video und Fotos von der VideoBörse 2003 in Bremen; Die 40 besten Scene-Demos 2003; Updates zu aktuellen Spielen; alle Tools- und Games-Neuheiten wie AmigaAMP 2.10, SCouT, NewsCoaster, Virus Executor u.v.m. Lesen Sie außerdem: Belesen: Literatur-Tipps Geisterbeschwörung: GhostScript-Workshop (Teil 3) Besser drucken: TurboPrint-Workshop (Teil 2) 1, 2, 3, Brutzelhexerei: 3CaDo TurboCalc-"Nachfolger": StarAm Plan Top 10: Die Shareware-Highlights Emulatoren: Neues von WinUAE und Amithlon Digitale Bolzerei: Eat The Whistle 3 Lauscher aufgesperrt: Audio-CDs News: Aktuelles aus dem Amiga-Markt Amiga Status Report: Weihnachtszeit, Wartezeit Demoscene: Retrospektive 2003 und vieles mehr Sie können die AMIGAplus für 5,- Euro bei falkemedia bestellen oder im Abonnement beziehen. (nba) [News message: 20. Dec. 2003, 05:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.Dec.2003` ann.lu (Website)	Turbo-Patch: New version of SystemPatch A new version of "Systempatch" has been published which is a patch that patches diverse system routines to get a better performance on classic Amiga computers. (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 19. Dec. 2003, 23:31] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.Dec.2003` Christian Rosentreter (ANF)	MorphOS port of "Njam" released "Njam" is a full-featured cross-platform pacman-like game written in C++ using SDL library. Features: Single and multiplayer mode (local or network) Duel games (players compete against each other to get more points) Cooperative games (players cooperate to finish as many levels as they can) Great music and sound effects Runs on Windows, Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, BeOS, MacOS X, MorphOS Customizable level skins Many different levels Integrated level editor Open Source (GPL Licence) (cg) (Translation: cg) [News message: 19. Dec. 2003, 17:47] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.Dec.2003` Norman Walter (ANF)	HardwareAssistent: New version 0.32 (Update) Version 0.32 of "HardwareAssistent" has completed. In the previous version 0.31 of the archive the directory Installed was unfortunately not packed. Therefore the program HardwareAssistent could not remember which cards have been already installed. This bug has been cleared. The launcher was also updated. It now uses the assign HardwareAssistent: to start the HardwareAssistent. Please consider that there can be still bugs in this early version. If you find bugs then please write a mail to walternn@studi.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de. DJBase will take care of the Driver Descriptors. The official support page where you can download the current Driver Descriptors is http://hwa.amigaworld.de. Download of HardwareAssistent v0.32 (228 KB). If you have a card that the list do not contain please use the program DriverDescriptor Creator to create a DriverDescriptor for this hardware. Then please send this file (with .info file) via email to walternn@studi.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de. Update: (19.12.03, 13:25, snx) Norman Walter wrote the following lines: I got the messages that the install script would not work. But this is only the case if you unpack the archive with the bugy version of Unarc which AmigaOS 3.9 contains. Unarc replaces blank characters by underscores. Therefore please use a different program or unpack the archive via lha x.. (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 19. Dec. 2003, 08:13] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.Dec.2003` amigaworld.net (Website)	AmigaOne: "EasterEgg" in U-Boot In a thread on amigaworld.net Thomas and Hans-Jörg Frieden explained a first "Easteregg" which has been hidden in U-Boot. Those ones who do not want to know something of PPC, multitasking and graphical user surfaces can activate the second modus of its AmigaOne by entering the following command lines in the U-Boot command line: setenv easteregg 1 saveenv reset Deactivate: setenv x86_mode setenv vga_fg_color 'n' setenv vga_bg_color 'n' 'n' stands for standard ANSI colour values where you have to enter e.g. "0" for black or "7" for white. The variables "vga_fg_color" and "vga_bg_color" can be used to modify the optical surface of the BIOS screen. (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 19. Dec. 2003, 00:11] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`18.Dec.2003` amiga.org (Website)	Emulation: "SheepShaver" Emulates a MacIntosh PPC on x86 "Sheepshaver" is the first Mac emulator for x86 PCs capable of emulating PPC-based Macintoshes. The software currently emulates a 604 CPU, requires a ROM image from a PCI-based "Old World" Macintosh, and works with MacOS up to version 8.6. Sheepshaver is Open Source, and right now only a Linux version is available. The program's homepage is currently just a clean building space, with a files section in which you can get the sources for the current version. On emaculation.com there's a support forum for the emulator. Those interested will find there a few hints for the use of the software, and there are also ready-compiled binaries there for download. (cg) (Translation: dm) [News message: 18. Dec. 2003, 22:45] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`18.Dec.2003` Heise Newsticker	Linux Kernel 2.6.0 Officially Released Linus Torvalds and Andrew Morton have released the final version of the new Linux kernel 2.6.0. Under the title link, near sections on characteristics and improvements, may be viewed the article from the Heise news-ticker. (cs) (Translation: dm) [News message: 18. Dec. 2003, 20:33] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`18.Dec.2003` ANN (Webseite)	Amizilla Project: Prize Markedly Raised As Bill Panagouleas shared on ANN, a previous high-ranking executive of Netscape who wishes to remain unnamed has contributed $2000 to the pot for the Amizilla project. The executive is a longtime Amiga user, who still makes frequent use of WinUAE and the Video-Toaster-Flyer. Altogether there is now the sum of $6200 as a reward to the person or team who ports Mozilla or Firebird and thereby helps the Amiga with a modern browser. (snx) (Translation: dm) [News message: 18. Dec. 2003, 18:47] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`18.Dec.2003` ANN (Webseite)	MorphOS: TranspoClock Released (Update) Jacek Piszczek released as freeware a transparent digital clock for MorphOS . Transpoclock (23 KB) makes use of the transparency function of MorphOS' intuition.library. Update: (7:30 PM, 20th of December 19:30, snx) Today Version 0.70 (67 KB) was released. Changes since 0.30: Commodity support has been added WBStart support has been added MUI-Prefs have been added Gfxpath support for different graphics sets has been added Optimized transparency routine Icons and graphics sets from Jobbo have been added (snx) (Translation: dm) [News message: 18. Dec. 2003, 18:28] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`18.Dec.2003` Amiga.org (Website)	MoJoMeter: Analog Indicator for Hard-Drive Activity MoJoMeter from Joe Torre and Kermit Woodall may now be ordered from Retrosystem.com. MoJoMeter is an illuminated analog indicator for computer cases which measures the amount of hard-drive activity. Interested dealers may inquire directly of Kermit Woodall. (snx) (Translation: dm) [News message: 18. Dec. 2003, 18:21] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`18.Dec.2003` Christian Effenberger (ANF)	Shareware Package SiteWay Released for Free Christian Effenberger decided to release freely all his Siteway programs, in order to give the Amiga community a little present before Christmas. All restrictions have been lifted and there is no longer any requirement that the programs ImageEditor and PicBase be installed in Siteway. All keyfile resources have been removed from the programs and the opportunity has been taken to offer for download the latest versions of ImageEditor and PicBase. Effenberger wishes all Amiga users a nice Christmas and a successful new year! (nba) (Translation: dm) [News message: 18. Dec. 2003, 12:58] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`18.Dec.2003` ANN (Website)	Show Report: OS4/MorphOS Show in Saragossa (Spain) There's a report on ann.lu about the OS4/MorphOS convention that took place last weekend in Saragossa. Update, (ps): Corrected the title link thanks to a tip-off from the comments section. (cg) (Translation: dm) [News message: 18. Dec. 2003, 00:10] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`17.Dec.2003` djnick deetronic (ANF)	New multimedia CD ROM by DJNick/deetronic Nikola Tomic (DJNick/deetronic) known for example for his soundtrack for the beat'em'up game "Capital Punishment" has published his first multimedia CD: "Aural Respiration" includes masses of music modules, videos, graphics and photos and is optimized for use with Amiga webbrowser. The CD is purchaseable directly from the author for EUR 22.22 (incl. pp) following the title link. (nba) (Translation: ub) [News message: 17. Dec. 2003, 20:41] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`17.Dec.2003` Richard Drummond (ANF)	New Linux UAE version by Richard Drummond Richard Drummond has released a new version of his experimental Linux-UAE which should enable many of the improvements from the latest WinUAE version for Linux user as well. The version 0.8.22-20031215 suppoarts now hardfiles up to 2 GB. Further there were many bugfixes, for the x86 useres the JIT problems were removed and MacOS x user will be happy to use the mouse properly in full screen mode now. The sources are available now, compiled versions for several platforms will follow soonly. (cg) (Translation: ub) [News message: 17. Dec. 2003, 17:38] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`17.Dec.2003` Aminet (Website)	Aminet uploads until the 17th of December 2003 Here is the list of all recent Aminet uploads since our last report: StarAm_Plan.lha biz/misc 752K+Spreadsheet, V2.23,OS 3.0+, 68000 CPU StarAm_Plan881.lha biz/misc 747K+Spreadsheet, V2.23,OS 3.0+, needs FPU amiycoders.lha comm/mail 29K+V0.6 yEnc Encoder / Decoder for the Amig DVBFontUpload.lha comm/misc 40K+Font upload for Nokia D-Box via SCSI. 68 gng_SP.lha comm/www 9K+GNetGrabber 1.x spanish catalogs v1.0.0 vbcc_PosixLib.lha dev/c 108K+POSIX compatibility library for vbcc Amitekst_E.lha dev/e 6K+AREXX scripts for use with AmiTekst Pro amiycoders_src.lha dev/e 20K+E Source Code to AmiyCoders! V0.6 objectbrowser.lha dev/e 11K+Object Browser / System Debugger 0.8 AmigaTalk.lha dev/lang 1.4M+V2.5 Update of AmigaTalk (Smalltalk GUI) SFS.lha disk/misc 268K+Smart Filesystem copyrighted by John Hen ThePolice.lha docs/hyper 52K+The Police: albums, lyrix, singles +more saku44.lha docs/mags 8.4M+Saku #44 (3/2003). Finnish e-zine. Labyrinth2Chts.lha game/hint 12K+Cheats for the game Labyrinth 2. WormWars.lha game/misc 539K+Worm Wars 7.72: Advanced snake game MicroWorld.lha game/think 6.2M+Simple logical game (CGX Friendly) kray.lha gfx/3d 830K+Freeware raytracer v1.4 ambot.lha hard/drivr 62K+Cybot/Real Robots programmer w/ C source PoseidonMain.lha hard/drivr 420K+Poseidon USB Stack Update 2.2 TestGear-Extra.lha hard/hack 223K+A600, A1000, A500(+), A1200 & PC extras. TheMPegEncGUI.lha mus/misc 358K+GUI 4 Lame,Ogg,BladeEnc,Pegase,Ncode,Mus MrCarlitoWb-06.jpg pix/icon 314K+First full FREWARE PNG-Icon replacement Dale_font.lha text/bfont 14K+Fixed topaz rep. in sizes 5,6,8,10,11,12 AddLF.lha text/misc 2K+Add LineFeed to textfile at column ~80 OnyxPrelude.lha util/cdity 34K+Comprehensive mixer for Prelude. MUI. DegasDT.lha util/dtype 30K+Datatype for Degas pictures MathLibs881.lha util/libs 12K+Free 68881/2 math-libraries with source, AObjView.lzh util/misc 31K+Displays the Hunk structure of Amiga Obj DigiConverter.lha util/misc 13K+Handy dec/hex/bin/float/ASCII-converter xPackBest.lha util/pack 18K+Pack using XPK, adaptive, recursive ARxShellV1.2b.lha util/rexx 99K+A shell for ARexx V1.2b parename.lha util/rexx 11K+AREXX script to rename images within Pho popsearch.lha util/rexx 15K+Quick searching from IBrowse, AWeb and V DRemind.lha util/time 308K+Reminds you whenever you want.. v1.67! VE_SP.lha util/virus 11K+VirusExecutor 2.3x spanish catalog v2.33 windowbar.lha util/wb 272K+Window mimizer and program launcher (nba) (Translation: ub) [News message: 17. Dec. 2003, 15:22] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`17.Dec.2003` Sebastian Brylka (E-Mail)	eTeacher 6.20 distributed by Fun Time World Fun Time World is pleased to announce that they are doing the distribution of the multimedial course eTeacher 6.20. This package is unique on for the Amiga. You can learn English or German with the aid by pictures, little animations and perfect spoken 16 bit output. With the help of the multimedial exercises and tests the learning will become a real pleasure. The program fits the demand of both, adults and children. The usage is easy and partly customizeable. There is support for gfx cards and sound cards. The program offers the following features: More than 200 exercises 3 hours 16 bit spoken language output 1000 illustrations Context sensitive grammar help Customizeable Support for gfx and sound cards Information about the program and screen shots is to get from www.funtime-world.de/eteacher.shtml. Introducing prices til/from 5th of January 2004: Englisch - 29.90 Euro / 35 Euro German - 29.90 Euro / 35 Euro Both versions - 50 Euro / 59.90 Euro Order by email (mail@funtime-world.de), fax (+49 209 - 95 717 865) or telephone (+49 209 - 95 717 884) or directly at the online shop of Fun Time World. (nba) (Translation: ub) [News message: 17. Dec. 2003, 13:37] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`17.Dec.2003` Sprocki (ANF)	Amiga, Inc.: Calling All User Groups! Community has always been the backbone of the Amiga platform; indeed, without it, the platform would have folded long ago. With AmigaOS4.0 approaching release, the community has taken a lead once again, with dedicated individuals and user groups throughout the world working to show AmigaOS4.0 running on AmigaOnes. We are now at a stage where we are looking to bring the user groups together into a more formal forum, providing feedback to Amiga, Inc. on how best it can support the user groups whilst also allowing the user groups to be able to bind themselves together in a mutual organization for self help and support. This new organization will be a crucial element in the growth of the Amiga platform as AmigaOS4.0 is released and the community begins to expand. We are thus making a call to all user groups to submit their details via this form so that we can begin the construction of this organisation and get the resources in place to service it. (nba) [News message: 17. Dec. 2003, 13:30] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`17.Dec.2003` Carsten Siegner (ANF)	New website about hardware do it yourself projects for Amiga, Amithlon and Pegas Carsten Siegner has opened a new website with the URL "www.Pegasossoft.de" which covers information about his all of his hardware projects. Now there is not only the known analog data capture system for the serial RS 232 port but also a hardware for the same port for a multi purpose controler device. This hardware is called "Multiprogrammer" and is a board with three decoded 8 pin universal ports. These ports can be programmed independently. Furthermore the board has a data in port which can read serial data directly. Further information about this project as well as the circuit design is available from the website. (nba) (Translation: ub) [News message: 17. Dec. 2003, 02:23] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`17.Dec.2003`	Season Greetings from Amiga, Inc. Amiga, Inc. would like to, on behalf of our staff and associates, wish the Amiga Commmunity and their families a safe and happy holiday. Be safe, don't drink and drive! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all! (nba) [News message: 17. Dec. 2003, 00:57] [Comments: 1 - 17. Dec. 2003, 11:05] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Dec.2003` Norman Walter (ANF)	HardwareAssistent-Update The version 0.31 of the programm HardwareAssistent, which reconizes and installes new hardware components by starting the system is now finished. After the last version the install script was processed and the bugs in the DriverDescription were deleted, also the documentation was extended. But look in the old version there could be still bugs, if you find a bug please send an e-mail to: walternn@studi.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de. (snx) (Translation: gf) [News message: 16. Dec. 2003, 22:20] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Dec.2003` Amiga.org (Website)	WHDLoad: Version 16.1 published From WHDLoad, which makes the hard disk install of the not therefore floppy possible the version 16.1 was published (Download, 1.17 MB). New games which could now be installed or were updated: Hellfire Attack (Martech) Twintris (Digital Marketing) Waxworks (Accolade) History Line 1914-1918 (Blue Byte) Super Street Fighter 2 (US Gold) Jupiter's Masterdrive (Ubi Soft) (snx) (Translation: gf) [News message: 16. Dec. 2003, 17:32] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Dec.2003` amiga.org (Website)	PDF-Magazine: Amiga Point of View, edition 1 The retro-gaming community of abime.net, which operate the Amiga gaming database Hall of Light has puplished the first edition of their retro-gaming.magazine "Amiga Point of View". The magazine should reincarnate the old spirit of old gaming magazines with test reports, letter to the editor corner, gaming tips and complete solutions. You can find the first edition (19.5 MB) under the tiltle link. Update: (16.12.2003, 15:30, cg) The contacts of the homepage are not valid. You can find the APoV-Team under following e-mail addresses: Editor: apov.editor@abime.net Letter to the editor: apov.letters@abime.net Competitions: apov.competitions@abime.net Gaming tips: apov.wham@abime.net Gaming tests: apov.pdgames@abime.net (cg) (Translation: gf) [News message: 16. Dec. 2003, 15:03] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Dec.2003` Stefan Blixth (E-Mail)	New and updated tools from OnyxSoft The Swedish shareware-developer-group OnyxSoft released two new and three updated tools: AddLF (Version 1.0) This is a very simple tool that makes text files that has no linefeeds in them become readable in non-wrapping text-viewers/editors. It tries to wrap after 80 characters but might go 10 chars longer if it means not breaking a word. If a word is very long when AddLF wants to wrap it will cut the word and insert a dash "-". OnyxPrelude (Version 1.0) This is a new fresh mixer for the Prelude sound cards! You can test the mixer even w/o a prelude =) Everything concerning audio can be controlled by ARexx! Everything concerning audio can be controlled by userdefinable hotkeys! There are two different mixer GUIs, pick the one you like! The mixer can popup on hotkey or ARexx event! The mixer can close again after a userdefinable delay! A very small, configurable and slick bevel can popup instead of the mixer on hotkey or ARexx events! It also has all normal features of a mixer, like the ability to change the display name of a channel, hide channels you never use, reset the card on startup etc. And it uses MUI... DigiConverter (Version 1.1) Now you can also convert from and to floats. Useful mainly for handling floats where you only have access to for example hexadicimal values. DRemind (Version 1.66) Now you can make your remind Bold, /Italic/, _Underlined_ and/or coloured in the remind list! Fixed a bug which caused Single reminds to never pop up. (a 2<->4 digits year bug). --BAR--'s couldn't be moved since they where excluded from the sorting routines in DRPrefs. Which gadgets to be shown as default was not correct. See Main GUI Settings/Show'n'Hide for other gadgets. TheMPegEncGUI (Version 2.31) Now full CDDB-support is built-in into TheMPegEncGUI! You don't need to use some other program to get those CD-IDs from the net and then try to figure out what file it was and load that into The_GUI, all is now automated. Insert a CD, add files (previously leached off the CD, or directly from the CD if you have f.ex. AllegroCDFS), then select Obtain CDDB from the ID3-Tag menu. When drag'n'dropping files into the file list window some menu options were not enabled. You had to add a file using the Add-button. There were some dublettes and inconsistencies of hotkeys for the menus. Switching between Lame/Mpega in Lite didn't work from the menu. The bitrate was not correct in the full and Lite-versions. (nba) [News message: 16. Dec. 2003, 14:15] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Dec.2003` Matthes (ANF)	Magazine: Latest edition 8 of the PDF-Magazine "Lotek64" The 8th edition of the PDF-Magazine "Lotek64" is published. The magazine is dedicated to old and alternativ computer systems. The center of gravity is the C64, but also reports of other 8-bit-computers. Old entertainment systems and Amigas are considered, too. The magazine is published as a PDF-File for free. Interested persons could also order a printed edition or subscription. The 8th edition contains following aspects: Lotek64-Special: Music Commodores last trick: Amiga CD32 O.A.S.E. 03: News of the Amiga OS4 and the C-One-Board Hobby + electronics 2003 Interviews (nba) (Translation: gf) [News message: 16. Dec. 2003, 13:59] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Dec.2003` PIK (ANF)	Smart Filesystem v1.214 SFS is an alternative Filesystem for the Classic AmigaOS, which is famous for the high writing-, reading- and search speed defiance its Beta-status. After a few test updates the SFS.lha which you can find in a few days on Aminet (1.214, 273,995 bytes size of the archive) makes no problems in defragmenting. SFSdefrag was debugged. The old SFS.lha-archives are deleted with update automatically, especially the 1.213 distribution You can get quick information under: http://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/aminetbin/find. A tool which could configurate the number of files in .recycled will be available until week3/2004. The tests are running. (nba) (Translation: gf) [News message: 16. Dec. 2003, 13:56] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Dec.2003` CD32-Allianz/Thorsten Schölzel (ANF)	New support of the CD32-Allianz-Homepage From the 1st January Robert Konrad is supporting the online offer of the CD32. You can get more information under the title link. (snx) (Translation: gf) [News message: 16. Dec. 2003, 12:10] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Dec.2003` Jim Steichen (ANF)	Programming language: AmigaTalk V2.5 in Aminet Jim Streichen has uploaded AmiTalk V2.5 to the Aminet under dev/lang. The new variation of the version 2.5 of Little Smalltalk (V1.0 of Tim Budd) shows a better memory manager. Until now the memory of AmigaTalk wasn't released after ending. (snx) (Translation: gf) [News message: 16. Dec. 2003, 08:26] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Dec.2003` McFly (ANF)	New PNG-Icon-Set After Christmas (27.12.2003) new PNG-Icon-Set for 68k-Amigas will be published. Screenshots are available at Lorraine Design. Screenshots: 1, 2, 3, 4 (snx) (Translation: gf) [News message: 16. Dec. 2003, 07:59] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Dec.2003` Sebastian Brylka (YIM)	Raytracing: New Kray binaries Of Kray, a raytracing program with a text interface, there are new binary versions for AmigaOS, Linux and Windows available. (nba) (Translation: sk) [News message: 15. Dec. 2003, 21:52] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Dec.2003` MorphOS-News.de (Website)	CygnusED Professional 4.22 PPC released Version 4.22 of the text editor CygnusED for MorphOS is now available at MorphOS.org. Download (294 KB) (snx) (Translation: sk) [News message: 15. Dec. 2003, 06:14] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Dec.2003` Chris Hodges (E-Mail)	USB-Stack: Poseidon Update V2.2 Chris Hodges announced the release of version 2.2 of the USB stack 'Poseidon'. Read his announcement: After my seven months break due to my diploma thesis, I have reworked the HID class quite a bit. It now supports digital and analogue joypads via the lowlevel.library. Moreover, the class now supports changing of HID Output and Feature items (i.e. for keyboard LEDs or Force Feedback/Rumble joypads). Input values for items can now be scaled and clipped and flipped. There is support for local and global variables. The value that is used for the action can now also be redirected to origin from these variables, timers, click counts, etc, or randomly (e.g. for auto fire). Actions can now be triggered upon definable condition codes, making it even more powerful (you want to do a special action on three clicks with the middle mouse button, or when shift is pressed?, no problem!). The default keyboard mapping can now also be changed. All this comes with a price -- the GUI is now a bit more complex. But no worries -- you don't have to use these features, if you don't like to. The English version of the manual has been updated a bit to reflect the changes -- unfortunately, the German translation (done by Michael Böhmer) has been lost in a crash. I will update the guide accordingly, but this will take some more time. Several classes have been updated, such as the massstorage.class. It now has some new default settings and fall back options. The poseidon main library now fixes the problems created by broken Olympus cameras not being bound to the MSD class. It now also tries to assign better names to devices that don't come with string descriptors. Trident has been rewritten into subclasses for the MorphOS mprefs and is now a bit more stable (I hope). The installer script has been slightly updated and now contains Spanish strings, kindly translated by Dámaso Domínguez. The AddUSBHardware command now has an "ALL" option, allowing to take the stack offline by just issuing an "AddUSBHardware REMOVE ALL" line -- handy for game starting scripts. Finally, the device driver for the Algor has been optimized a bit, and also a bug had been fixed. Now for something completely different. In August, I stopped taking registrations, because Elbox treated me badly (as a summary) and I hoped, that they would change their mind. I should have known better. They kept selling their cards, even though they knew that the users wouldn't be able to use them. They didn't care at all about the users and their fate. As of today, the registration process is open again. Keyfiles can again be obtained from me directly (cash or bank transfer, no credit cards!). Please note that the licence fee has been increased a bit to reflect the new features added. Of course, no new keyfile are required for current users to use the V2.2 version. IOSpirit will offer a bundle for ArakAttack users soon, details will be announced by IOSpirit in a few days (please don't bugger them right now). ArakAttack currently works on Amithlon and OpenPCI supported PCI bridge boards for OHCI and UHCI PCI cards (and onboard USB). EHCI (USB2.0) is being implemented and will be available later. ArakAttack currently does not work on Mediator boards, but means are being prepared to get it running on these machines to offer a high-quality USB driver for any PCI card (including the Spider). That's it for now. Hope you will enjoy the new Poseidon release and have a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year. Who knows, maybe we will see many nice things happing during 2004. Such as the AmigaOS4 release or the Pegasos II. Stay healthy! There's still much to come. (nba) (Translation: sk) [News message: 15. Dec. 2003, 02:05] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Dec.2003` Thilo Köhler (ANF)	Announcement: new demo version 0.9beta of HD-Rec There'll be a new beta demo version of HD-Rec available for download before Christmas. "HD-Rec" is a MIDI and audio sequencer, i.e. audio and MIDI recordings can be arranged in the same window and replayed synchronously. Particular improvements in V0.9beta: Audio mixer with 16+1+1 true stereo channels and 4 Aux ways realtime audio effects (reverb, delay, chorus, equalizer...) strongly improved softsynth "Sweeper" (resonance filter, samples) The aim of HD-Rec is to be able to do a whole music production from the composing to the mastering within one application. Using the softsynth and the audio effects of HD-Rec you'll need no external sound producer or effects devices. The music signal doesn't leave the computer at no time and can be exported directly as WAV or MP3 file. The quality is always excellent and independant from the sound card. Noise, buzzing or whimping are now part of the past. The whole scenery (mixer settings, effects, sounds, notes) are saved on the computer and are reproduced 1:1 when being reloaded. The softsynth "Sweeper" offers independant from the computing power always exact sample timing and can be played in realtime via an external master keyboard if needed. Though, for this you need a fast computer with 500 MHz clock or more. Sweeper has very different synthesis algorithms and supports multisamples. Because of this, a wide sound spectrum is possible, from the old C64 sound across Techno to a realistic piano or string ensemble. HD-Rec is a system friendly 68K application and doesn't make any use of the custom chips - therefore it runs on the "classic" Amiga as well as under WinUAE and Amithlon. In addition, the program has already successfully been tested under MorphOS. Screenshots: http://www.hd-rec.de/index.php?site=screenshots Demo songs: http://www.hd-rec.de/index.php?site=download (Neither have external effects or sound producers been used nor have any samples been included except the drums and the piano solo.) (snx) (Translation: wk) [News message: 13. Dec. 2003, 18:02] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Dec.2003` MorphOS-News.de (website)	Retailer: APS with reworked webshop and separate Pegasos URL The French Amiga retailer APS has reworked his Webshop and added a PC area. You now can find here prices for complete Pegasos-2 systems, too. In addition, an own address for Pegasos customers has been prepared under PegasosPPC.fr. There you can find detailed information about the computer and the operating systems that come with the computer. (snx) (Translation: wk) [News message: 13. Dec. 2003, 17:48] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Dec.2003` David 'Daff' Brunet (email)	Magazine: Obligement N°42 The issue #42 of the French digital magazine Obligement has been released. Read a report about the Alchimie 3, interviews with Kevin Picone (Underware Design) and with Yannick Bridier (president of the 4A Association), reviews of IBrowse 2.3 and dynAMIte, an article about the DOSBox, a review of the Spider 2 USB and the Mirage 1200 tower, an article about the installation of PegXLin and much more. Download: Obligement 42 (nba) (Translation: wk) [News message: 13. Dec. 2003, 17:35] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Dec.2003` Norman Walter (ANF)	Plug'nPlay: Hardware assistant v0.3 published The version 0.3 of the Amiga Plug'nPlay system "HardwareAssistent" is now available under the title link. Short description of the features: Automatic hardware recognition Automac selection of the right driver Automatic installation of the driver Download of the driver from the Internet Support of 40 Zorro- and Turbo cards (amount is increasing) Maximum transparency and flexibility User friendly Fast Direct download (209 KB) (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 12. Dec. 2003, 23:32] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Dec.2003` Nova Design (ANF)	3D-Software: Aladdin4D on CD The very known 3d animation software "Aladdin 4D" is now available on CD. It contains the last version of Aladdin (with all updates which have been published later) as well as the full website of Nova Design, all available tutorials for Aladdin, examples and the full content of the Nova Design FTP-server. (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 12. Dec. 2003, 21:52] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Dec.2003` IOSPIRIT (ANF)	New product: IOSPIRIT Graphics Megabundle Pro As a special gift to its customers, software-developer IOSPIRIT for the first time offers a bundle with all inhouse graphics programs at an especially attractive price of only 99 EUR (you save 40%, more than 60 EUR). The "IOSPIRIT Graphics Megabundle Pro" contains the respectively latest, full versions of fxPAINT 2.0, fxSCAN 4.0 and VHI Studio 6.0. The bundle is only available as 3 CD-set and only as long as stock lasts. (nba) [News message: 12. Dec. 2003, 19:58] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Dec.2003` Scenia (Website)	Diskmag: Cows'n'Snakefights #5 published The Swedish demoscene group has published its fifth issue of the in English written Amiga Diskmag "Cows'n'Snakefights". You can read there different party reports, interviews and other articles. You can download the archive from the website under the title link. (nba) (Translation: dr) [News message: 12. Dec. 2003, 15:50] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Dec.2003` Apple Insider (ANF)	CPU-News: PowerPC 750VX of IBM According to a report of our colleague of the online magazine AppleInsider Big Blue IBM has completed the new micro processor "PowerPC 750VX". The chip is supposed to be used in the next generation of the iBooks of Apple. L3 cache with up to 4 megabyte is to be possible. The Front Side Bus with up to 400 MHz DDR and Altivec-implemantation like at the PowerPC 970 (G5) are further features. The processor is supposed to work with 1.8 GHz while the successor of the 750VX, the planned 750VXe, is supposed to work with 2 GHz. The processor will probably introduced in the third/fourth quarter of the year 2004. (nba) (Translation: dr) [News message: 12. Dec. 2003, 13:51] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Dec.2003` Captain HIT (ANF)	Emulator: A/NES CGX Final Version Because of the low interest and the missing support today the final version v1.33 of the NES-emulator A/NES CGX has been published. (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 12. Dec. 2003, 13:25] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Dec.2003` Kermit Woodall (ANF)	ImageFX 4.5 Studio available (update) As Nova Design reported ImageFX 4.5 Studio is now available for AmigaOS and MorphOS. The MorphOS version contains native PowerStation-modules and 32-Bit-Icons made by André Siegel. According to a press release ImageFX 4.5 Studio contains ImageFX 4.0, 4.5, PowerStation and additional extensions. The CD also contains the complete website and FTP site of Nova Design. The upgrade price depends on the existing version and reach from 39.95 up to 79.95 US Dollar. (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 12. Dec. 2003, 13:19] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Dec.2003` Thomas Knäbel / bplan (E-Mail)	Christmas greetings from bplan GmbH The second production and delivery of the Pegasos II (KW51) is close to be done. As a "little" apology for the delay bplan presents as a Christmas gift the following outtakes of up to today never shown pictures on its website. bplan: "We wish all visitors of our website Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2004." The pictures are under the copyright of the bplan GmbH and are not allowed to be published without permission. (nba) (Translation: dr) [News message: 12. Dec. 2003, 12:59] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Dec.2003` Amiga.org (Website)	Pegasos Guardian: Pictures from Infosecurity 2003 Under the title link Genesi shows photos of the Infosecurity 2003 convention in New York on 9th December, where the Pegasos Guardian system was displayed (as amiga-news.de reported). On this subject MorphOS-News.de, reports that in the meantime the Guardian was listed at the Open Market Corridor (OMC), which is a trade market of the US government. (snx) (Translation: dm) [News message: 11. Dec. 2003, 22:14] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Dec.2003` Pixelart	Startmenu: Pixload 4.2c Released The new version, 4.2c, of "Pixload" has been released. PixLoad is a Startbar/Tool-Dock Clone for AmigaOS and MorphOS. German language instructions for the English and French localized software is in the program archive. News: PowerIcon's "French touch" Add some features while known devices ejection, Miamidx control panel loading, etc... News icons (Better rendering with PowerIcons) Removing German comments for files on FAT95 formatted devices (USB key) Changes in Pixload's Prefs (luminosity background included, replacement icons by drag&drop) Bugs corrected again Functions: Several Pixload bars at screen (fully independance between bars) Ejection of removable media closes ALL windows of THIS media Contextual menu under MENU button Help key loads this file Drag and drop a pictures folder will load a thumbnail program (Amiga) New formats : GIF, JPEG, PNG, PSD, IFF, Rexx, Text, Modules, TIFF, TARGA via datatypes New formats : HTML (local file only) New formats : LZX, LHA, UNZIP identified for decompression Miamidx Control Panel included Programs loading window Clock included with RTC / DSL connection, time and date Pixload is scalable Help text can be displayed under icons Pixload can open folders / volume instead of program Shortkeys for all icons Pixload's icons "organisation" by a Drag & Drop (Amiga) Choice of number of icon's columns (nba) (Translation: dm) [News message: 11. Dec. 2003, 19:43] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Dec.2003` Gary7 (ANF)	Emulator: WinUAE Reaches Version 0.8.23 The new version 0.8.23 of the Windows-based Amiga Emulator WinUAE has been available since 10th December, 2003. This free software may be downloaded from the title linked website. An overview of the changes: Bugfixes: mousebutton getting stuck randomly when WinUAE lost focus floppy drives' state was not restored fully fixed crash when switching from 68000 to JIT-mode bsdsocket browser freezes/slowdowns SPTI CDROM media change detection parallel port joystick adapter works properly again saving state in ce-mode with blitter active created broken state files serial port/MIDI randomly lost received characters New Features: maprom emulation (BlizKick support) first CDROM is always uaescsi.device unit zero, second is zero etc. and then other non-CDROM SCSI devices. improved priority settings improved filter options compatibility improvements bsdsocket emulation improved (Jabberwocky) faster Picasso96 solid window moves improved AHI emulation IRQ level 7 shortcut in input-tab percentage of CPU in use-meter added next to FPS-counter immediate state save (no need to exit the GUI anymore) dropped release numbers :) (nba) (Translation: dm) [News message: 11. Dec. 2003, 19:15] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Dec.2003` ANN (Website)	Event: AmigaOne/OS4 and Pegasos/MorphOS Show in Spain There's a Pegasos/MorphOS and AmigaOne/OS4 show in Zaragoza, Spain this Saturday, the 13th of December, 2003. This event was equipped by the Amiga User Group of Zaragoza (CUAZ) and Amiga Group Asturias (aGas). There is no charge for admission. You'll find all the details on the show's website here. (snx) (Translation: dm) [News message: 11. Dec. 2003, 09:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Dec.2003` ANN (Website)	Game: "2 Pairs 2 Furious" Released 2 Pairs 2 Furious by Anarkskt of La Sekta is a memory game for MorphOS and AmigaOS (68k, RTG) that has themes that support additional graphics and music. The current version has just one theme. You can view a screenshot under the title link. If you have some comments to make, you can send the author an email at this address. (snx) (Translation: dm) [News message: 11. Dec. 2003, 08:31] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Dec.2003` ann.lu (Website)	Sources of the Amiga demo "I am Back" published The demo group The Gang has published the assembler sources of their only two week old Demos "I am Back". The demo reached the third place within the "old school demo competition" at the scene party Dreamhack The demo, the complete sources (100% 68k assembler) as well as all other needed data files are available by the title link. (cg) (Translation: ub) [News message: 10. Dec. 2003, 18:18] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Dec.2003` Jens Schönfeld (ANF)	Advent at individual Computers Special price for the X-Surf 2 The advent season has already begun at our trade partners, now we want to announce it officially again: Participating resellers have the X-Surf 2 networking card for 69.90 EUR. This price is also valid for direct orders. You're saving 20 EUR compared to the recommended retail price, but only until December 31st! Kickflash in production Kickflash OS4 which has been announced in June is now in production. It's going to be available starting December 22nd - if the parcel services work fast enough, this might be in time for Christmas Eve! Kickflash reduces the boot-time of classic Amigas dramatically, because it gets rid of all the reboots that today's Amigas have to do. Romupdates ("setpatch"), every resident-capable program, Blitzkick-modules and tools like Prepareemul (Macmem) can be stored in the 1M flash memory. They're executed without reboots on a cold start of the Amiga. Price: 34.90 EUR. Deathbed Vigil DVD now in PAL By the end of next week, we expect a shipment from Dave Haynie. The DVD of his film "Deathbed Vigil" is now available in PAL video norm, and is shipped on a DVD-R. This format can be played back on nearly all players in Europe, and should be a lot more compatible than the NTSC-DVD+R that were only available for a long time. The price per DVD is 39 EUR, and Dave has promised to sign each cover again. Fresh 5.25 inch disks with 48TPI We have produced disks in the USA for the European retro-computing fans. For a lot of years, disks of the 5.25 inch size were available in nearly every store, but since more than one year, all inventories are sold out. Trying to use 96TPI or 135TPI disks is not always successful, because the heads of Commodore and Apple drives are only made for 48TPI. Other disks have errors, or seem to lose data for no appearent reason. We have found a company in California that has started the production machines for us. To get the disks to Germany at a reasonable price, we found a complicated but cheap way to transport them: First by train nearly 3000 miles to New York, then by ship to Antwerp, and the last part to Aachen by truck. Starting December 17th, we can offer 25 disks DS SD (48TPI) without envelopes, with stickers at a price of 9.90 EUR! (snx) [News message: 10. Dec. 2003, 17:14] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Dec.2003` ANN (Website)	Protovision: New C64 online shop With Protovision a new C64 only online shop has opened its doors. The offers include for example a 4 player interface, a PS/2 adapter and a turbo board or an option to use IDE hard disks. (snx) [News message: 10. Dec. 2003, 14:58] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Dec.2003` MorphOS-News.de (Website)	Review Journal (Las Vegas) reported about the new offices for Genesi USA In the issue of November the 20th 2003 the Review Journal from Las Vegas, USA included a feature about the planned office for Genesi USA (amiga-news.de reported). The complete English article is to obtain by the title link. (snx) (Translation: ub) [News message: 10. Dec. 2003, 12:49] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Dec.2003` Amiga.org (Website)	Web: VooDoo-Amiga-News with new address The Croatian website VooDoo-Amiga-News is now reachable by a new URL: VooDoo-Amiga.com. (snx) (Translation: ub) [News message: 10. Dec. 2003, 12:09] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Dec.2003` Philippe Bourdin (ANF)	Magazine: CAM (Club Amiga Magazine) Christmas edition published Yesterday the Christmas edition of the "Club Amiga Magazine" has been published. There are some interesting details regarding the OS4 status update. (ps) (Translation: ub) [News message: 10. Dec. 2003, 10:57] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Dec.2003`	Aminet Uploads until December the 10th 2003 These are the latest Aminet uploads since our last report: IBrowseSP.lha comm/www 17K+IBrowse 2.x spanish catalogs v2.3.1e PluginDemo.lha dev/c 11K+V1.1 plugin demo using LoadSeg Annotate.lha dev/cross 44K+Comments/reformats DASMX 2650 cross-disa insomnia092.lha dev/e 307K+E Source Editor 0.92 insomnia093upd.lha dev/e 81K+E Source Editor 0.93 update from 0.92 NotizieAmiga.lha docs/lists 1.7M+Mailing-list NotizieAmiga 11/2003 (Itali nocover117.lha docs/mags 2.1M+Great german diskmagazine RXDraughts.lha game/board 445K+(2.3) WB Draughts game for Amiga DC2Lvl-XmasIII.lha game/data 398K+81 levels for Diamond Caves II TotalChaosAGA.lha game/misc 39M+640x512 256 colors 50fps Magic & Monster WormWars.lha game/misc 539K+Worm Wars 7.71: Advanced snake game GIFsplit.lha gfx/conv 25K+Splits GIF animations into individual GI ADC-WinUAE.lha hard/hack 11K+ADC For Amiga Forever 5, WinUAE, GPL. TestGear6A.lha hard/hack 190K+Encoder for RF engineers. TestGear6B.lha hard/hack 516K+WinUAE version of Encoder. WinUAE-AFW.lha hard/hack 69K+AF Wattmeter, for use with WinUAE-ADC. Paradox4.mpg mods/mpg 2.3M+Paradox Crack Tune Remaked .... Paranoimia.mpg mods/mpg 804K+Paranoimia Crack Tune Remaked .... Tristartetr.mpg mods/mpg 1.7M+Tristar Tetris Crack Tune Remaked .... viruscommands.lha mus/midi 111K+Access Virus commands for tracks&fields MrCarlitoWb-06.jpg pix/wb 314K+First FREEWARE full PNG icons replaceman xadmaster020.lha util/arc 264K+V12.1a Powerful unarchiving tool (68020) xadmaster060.lha util/arc 264K+V12.1a Powerful unarchiving tool (68060) IRS-GLMatrix.lha util/blank 979K+Port of glmatrix from xscreensaver SRename.lha util/cli 105K+Advanced rename utility. Version 3.8.0 MathLibs881.lha util/libs 11K+Free 68881/2 math-libraries with source, ARxShellEngDoc.lha util/rexx 152K+English help file (update) for ARexxShel ARxShellV1.2a.lha util/rexx 99K+A shell for ARexx V1.2a mmscripts.lha util/rexx 20K+Arexx Scripts for Logitech Keyboards (ps) (Translation: ub) [News message: 10. Dec. 2003, 01:44] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`09.Dec.2003` SPIEGEL Online (ANF)	SPIEGEL: Motorola-Handy MPX200: Windows Inside »As first manufacturer of cell phones Motorola has developed a cell phone working with software from Microsoft. It is a cell phone that is nicer from the outside than the inside.« Read the complete article (German) under the title link. (ps) (Translation: gf) [News message: 09. Dec. 2003, 23:26] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`09.Dec.2003` Norman Walter (ANF)	Hardware Assistant: First screenshot published This project should enable in future the installation of drivers with automatical hardware recognition on the Amiga. News A first screenshot of the program "HardwareAssistent", that recognizes and installs new hardware on system boot, can be admired here. If possible a first version of this program will be available before Christmas 2003. (ps) (Translation: gf) [News message: 09. Dec. 2003, 23:13] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`09.Dec.2003` Amiga.org (Website)	Graphic program: ProChart published Dan Ritchie has released two gfx programs on his website, that are not really spread. ProChart is a gfx application comparable with a Visio concept. It is coded completely in Assembler and very system friendly - also UAE was a tested system. A second program is an icon editor available for download. This one offers different export functions and is able to take over bitmaps of screens into classic Amiga screenmodes. (snx) (Translation: gf) [News message: 09. Dec. 2003, 21:07] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`08.Dec.2003` Charlene/VHT (E-Mail)	Antivirus program: VirusExecutor V2.33 and PatchBrain V1.53 Jan Erik Olausen released version 2.33 of VirusExecutor and version 1.53 of PatchBrain. Download Changes since last version: 2.33 This version wont upload new updates of the xadmaster.library when there are changes in the XAD/ drawer and not the library itself. Version 2.32a would get uploaded from v2.32 cause the fix was made in v2.32a... So I hope v2.33 will fix all those problems :) PS! You have to run the update twice the first time for VE to remember. Also fixed bug after added catalogs to the update.. Some xad text was was printed as xfd... (ps) (Translation: sk) [News message: 08. Dec. 2003, 23:59] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`08.Dec.2003` EMBYTE GbR (ANF)	New AmiDynDNS version 1.19 The Amiga DynDNS client AmiDynDNS is released as the new version 1.19 and may be downloaded for free from our download area as usual. Changes in v1.19: Web based IP detection works again. This error caused the up2date check of hosts to fail and to get some of these hosts blocked. EMail, snailmail and WWW addresses updated. Now the logfile gets also entries for skipped (because up2date) hosts. Tooltype MINUTES now accepts values between 2 and 3600 minutes (3600 minutes == 24 hours). Default of update interval changed to 30 minutes. Timer now shows remaining time as HH:MM:SS. If ADD is paused the status line now shows "Paused..." and if it's resumed again the status shows "Ready...". Changes in v1.18: Rarely happened error in the authentification fixed. Internal IP detection for OS4 modified. DynDNS.org is a service which provides one or more static hostnames to users with dynamic IP addresses for free to easily make webserver, FTP server, etc. available to other users. For further information visit the website of DynDNS.org directly please. (snx) [News message: 08. Dec. 2003, 22:39] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`08.Dec.2003` Amiga.org (Webseite)	Equality: unpublished game now available as ADF An ADF file of the game 'Equality' is now available at the title link. (snx) (Translation: sk) [News message: 08. Dec. 2003, 20:35] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`07.Dec.2003` IOSPIRIT (ANF)	IOSPIRIT: VHI Studio 6.01 available In the download-area of IOSPIRIT an update-archive from version 6.0 of VHI Studio to V6.01 is now available for download. Changes include: adaptions to MorphOS: support for the MorphOS skinsystem adaptions to MorphOS: speed-increase support for new drivers the VHIStudio assign is now longer needed Bugfixes A detailed list of changes can be found in the update archive. VHI Studio 6 is currently available at a special price of 29.99 EUR. (nba) [News message: 07. Dec. 2003, 00:23] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`06.Dec.2003` Amiga.org (website)	Screensaver: GlMatrix ported Steen Lund Nielsen has ported "GlMatrix" from the XScreensaver package to the Amiga. The archive (1 MB) contains a 68k and a WOS version for PowerUp accelerators. Required is a fast processor, a 3D graphics card, Warp3D v4 and AmigaOS 3.5. (snx) (Translation: wk) [News message: 06. Dec. 2003, 19:01] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`06.Dec.2003` www.technoids.de (ANF)	Magazine: Technoids issue #4 available Now available is the issue #4 of the PDF magazine Technoids for BeOS fans. Despite the magazine's undeniable main focus is the term "Amiga" used several times and the topics this time contain in coincidence the second part of a BeUAE workshop and an introduction of the Pegasos forum. Further contents of the 4th issue are among other things a review of Zeta, a report about how things are on the BeOS market and a report about the BeGeistert 011. (snx) (Translation: wk) [News message: 06. Dec. 2003, 09:03] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`05.Dec.2003` MorphOS-News.de (Webseite)	Pegasos: Linux-Kernel 2.4.23 available Since December 2nd you can download the Linux-Kernel 2.4.23 for the Pegasos under the title link. (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 05. Dec. 2003, 19:58] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`05.Dec.2003` Sprocki (ANF)	Golem: Genesis PPC-Board Pegasos II ready - 64-Bit-board will follow Under the title link Golem reports about the completion of the Pegasos II and the planned cooperation between Genesi and IBM concerning a 64-bit-work station: "Genesi has announced that its new PowerPC mainboard "Pegasos II" is now available which is supposed to have more performance in connection with G3 and G4 processors. Furthermore Genesi works on a 64-bit-work station together with IBM which is based on the new PowerPC-970 processor which the G5-Mac also contains." (nba) (Translation: dr) [News message: 05. Dec. 2003, 19:18] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`05.Dec.2003` whoosh (ANF)	RPM-4.0-Port: Archive-Extraction of current RPM-files on the Amiga Under the title link you can find an Amiga port of RPM 4.0 which is based on ixemul. As against the existing RPM tool version 2.2.9 from the Aminet you can now extract files out of more current RPM packets on the Amiga as you can find in the Linux world above all. Only the database components are not supported. You need at least a 68020. (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 05. Dec. 2003, 12:29] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`05.Dec.2003` Philippe Bourdin (ANF)	Eyetech: Possible extensions for the MicroA1 In a comment on AmigaWorld Eyetech delivers further details to the MicroA1. According to it a three times PCI-Riser-card as well as an extension slot are planned as extensions for the MicroA1. This seperate extension slot is meant to offer a possibility for improved input and output functions if PCI cannot be used. Furthermore there would be the possibility of installing 256 MB RAM on the mainboard. The graphic chip could be a cheap Radeon chip. (nba) (Translation: dr) [News message: 05. Dec. 2003, 03:36] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`05.Dec.2003` Merregnon (Website)	Merregnon: Videos, Photos and special offers Merregnon is more than an Audio CD of musicians from the demo and game scene but also an unique soundtrack to an impressive fantasy saga. The second part of Merregnon is still in progress. There are three new MPEG video clips which show the preparation of the musicians, the performance of the track "Enraged Phantoms" and details to the composition of "Sedulous Escape". (Clip 1, Clip 2, Clip 3) You can find several new photos of the sessions in the download area of the Merregnon website. As a special surprise the Merregnon team and the distributor offer Mondschatten for the special price of 9.99 Euro. (nba) (Translation: dr) [News message: 05. Dec. 2003, 03:23] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`05.Dec.2003` A.D.A. (Website)	A.D.A.: Updates The amount of demo production of the Amiga Demoscene Archives (ADA) was highly increased during the last weeks. The following demos and intros were added: Planet Potion by Potion (1. place in Intro-competition of Mekka Symposium 2002 and current leader in the A.D.A.-charts) Invitation None by Sonik Clique (4. place in Demo-competition of Gathering 1998; Code by Spite and Devotion, music and graphics by Fndr) Blur by Sonik Clique (3. place in Intro-competition of Assembly 1995; Code by Deflector, music by Oxide, graphics by Murk) Option by Potion (1. place in Intro-competition of Mekka-Symposium 2001) Phrase by Absurd (participant of Intro-competition of Satellite 1998; Code by Sante, graphics by Budgie and Cooper, music by Marc) Edit 0.5 by Haujobb (1. place in Intro-competition of Assembly 1998; Code by Speedo, music by Muffler, graphics by Bay Tremore) Deus Ex Machina by Limited Edition (3. place in Demo-competition of Gathering 1997; Code by PG, music by Jazz and graphics by Skize, Skutt and MRK) Psychedelic by Virtual Dreams and Fairlight (2. place in Demo-competition of Party 1994; Code by Dr. Skull, graphics by Ra and Alien, music by Probe and Julius) Visible World by Madwizards and Venus Art (slideshow, published on the Rush Hours 1998) (nba) (Translation: dr) [News message: 05. Dec. 2003, 03:01] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`05.Dec.2003` Marc Cloppenburg / AMIGAplus (ANF)	USB: Thylacine-special price action in December Thylacine is a USB-1.1-controller for the Amiga 2000, 3000 and 4000 (AmigaOS 3.9 is recommended). In December 2003 the card is offered during a special action of Boing! International for 90 AUD$ (Australian Dollar) without postage and delivery. Before buying this card it is recommended to find out if existing or planned hardware is usable with it. (nba) (Translation: dr) [News message: 05. Dec. 2003, 02:44] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`05.Dec.2003` Marc Cloppenburg / AMIGAplus (ANF)	DENIC: Germany is World Champion at the amount of websites According to a report of the OECD in Germany 84.7 websites come on 1000 inhabitants (end 2002). It follow Denmark with 71.7 and Norway with 66.4. As a reason it is said that it is very cheap and simple to create a website in Germany. (nba) (Translation: dr) [News message: 05. Dec. 2003, 02:37] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`05.Dec.2003` Diverse	Software-News (05.12.2003) In the last weeks several software updates have been published. We will inform you briefly. Worm Wars v7.71a The Snake-clone Worm Wars from Amigan Software was published in version 7.71a for AmigaOS and Windows. Since the last version several improvements have been made. Smart Filesystem v1.212 SFS is an alternative filesystem for the Classic AmigaOS which is known despite its beta status for its high writing, reading searching speed. The maximum size of files is 2 gigabyte, the maximum size of a partition is 1024 gigabyte. CopyIcon v0.9 CopyIcon is a little MUI-tool for copying PNG-icons which has been published by its developer Mariusz Barczyk in version 0.9 for MorphOS as Freeware. JabberWocky Jabber is an open XML-protocol for the direct exchange of messages over the IM-services AIM, ICQ, MSN and Yahoo. Roger Clark and Jeff Gilpin have published a new ARexx-script that can switch between a visible and invisible ICQ status. (nba) (Translation: dr) [News message: 05. Dec. 2003, 02:35] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`04.Dec.2003` Genesi (E-Mail)	Genesi selects IBM PowerPC for Performance-intensive Pegasos Release Genesi today announced a new, PowerPC®-based, modular MicroATX mainboard release that brings flexibility and efficient processing power to performance-intensive applications, including desktops, workstations, servers, and communications products. This latest MicroATX board is the most powerful and cost-effective hardware foundation for Genesi's popular Pegasos platform, with over 1,000 users in 34 countries around the world. The new motherboard features an IBM PowerPC 750CXe microprocessor and supports industry standards software such as Open Firmware, and multiple operating systems including distributions of Linux and BSD. "Genesi's new PowerPC-based computer brings effective and flexible processing power to the desktop, low-end server, firewall and pervasive space at an affordable price", said Bill Buck, CEO of Genesi. Looking forward, Mr. Buck also revealed that Genesi would be working closely with IBM to release a 64-bit Pegasos workstation in 2004, based on the new IBM PowerPC 970 microprocessor. "Today's Pegasos release is a starting point that will enable all the operating systems developed for the PowerPC environment to begin to move in this direction with confidence and purpose", he explained. The new Pegasos platform is also the core for Genesi's first commercial product designed to support the increasingly-important security infrastructure requirements of Fortune 1000 companies and large institutions. The Pegasos Guardian provides: border protection of networks; proactive protection of network assets; and logging and auditing of suspicious network traffic. "IT Managers must know exactly what is happening on their networks, and why", said Buck. "The Guardian gives you a very high level of control and the new MicroATX board provides the performance platform for them to achieve this." Choice of the PowerPC environment enhances the security that Guardian offers: "Much of the office and network IT infrastructure in use today is x86-based", explained Buck. "The Guardian runs on a different processor platform and is not as susceptible to the common buffer overflows that are the main entry point for security breaches." Any element of security begins with people, procedure and enforcement, but with tools such as the Guardian IT Managers can audit and build their own code. Customers need a total security posture, and this is one component of a total security system. Genesi developed the Guardian with partners ShopIP (www.shopip.com) and Diginexus (www.diginexus.com). The interface design and border-level protection is based on the acclaimed ShopIP Crunchbox. Proactive protection is based on the security scanning features of Nessus (www.nessus.org) and the internal invisible IDS scanning features were developed and contributed by Diginexus. Buck added, "this collaborative effort is an example of the partnerships we expect to develop in the months ahead and indicative of the many and varied potential uses for an open, powerful and efficient hardware platform." "IBM has worked closely with Genesi and its partners to ensure that the Pegasos platform can be configured to cover the rich variety of applications over multiple operating systems that Genesi and its partners are developing", said Ray Bryant, Director PowerPC Products at IBM Microelectronics. "The integration of the IBM PowerPC 750CXe offers developers further opportunities to extend Pegasos' use into the evolutionary path we have chartered for the PowerPC." Based on industry standards, such as Open Firmware, the Pegasos supports multiple operating systems including varieties of Linux and BSD. The Pegasos platform also comes with Genesi's own non-UNIX, Quark-based MorphOS. Recent releases supported on the Pegasos include OpenBSD 3.4 and Debian-Installer Beta 1. Buck added, "in the meanwhile, the strategic value of moving to a Linux Desktop is becoming increasing clear and a migration to Linux has begun. Every major commercial or non-commercial version/distribution of Linux on the market today runs on the Pegasos, including SuSE and the Novell® Nterprise Linux Service package. Getting on the network with the Pegasos Guardian and on the desktop with the Pegasos, now and in the future with the PowerPC 970, places Genesi at the forefront of these major market developments." Genesi has served the computer hobbyist since the first Beta release of the Pegasos in 2002. Trialed and tested by over 1000 users in 34 countries, enthusiasts have configured the Pegasos in variety of fashions with over a dozen different operating systems. The Pegasos was awarded the Amiga Award 2002 by Falke Media Verlag and recently, the Pegasos was acclaimed as the future home of the Linux desktop by German Linux site PPCNUX. The Pegasos-Guardian will make its public debut with ShopIP and Diginexus at Infosecurity 2003, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York, December 8-11, Booth 126 and be distributed by Pegasos Resellers worldwide through the IBM Global Solutions Directory. Genesi's "Ready for IBM Technology"-validated Pegasos systems signal the advancement of the IBM 750CXe PowerPC microprocessor family into the broader global marketplace for embedded industrial controls, military, multimedia, consumer electronic appliances, blade servers, thin client systems, storage, networking, firewalls, and communication applications. With leading edge CPU bus speed capabilities and enhanced AGP, PCI-X, SDRAM and DDR support, the combination of the Marvell Discovery II chipset and IBM PowerPC 750CXe processors offers a most desirable solution to the performance-intensive applications marketplace. Genesi is an IBM Business Partner and carries the Ready for IBM Technology mark on five of its products, the Pegasos Guardian, Pegasos, PegXLin, MorphOS, and OpenBSD for Pegasos. The basic Pegasos featuring the IBM PowerPC processor can be purchased online for 299 Euros at http://www.pegasosppc.com while the Pegasos-Guardian is priced between 5000 and 15000 Euros depending on the configuration and the associated service contract. Genesi is based in Luxembourg and can be found on the Web at http://www.genesi.lu. Details on the Pegasos Guardian are presented at http://www.pegasosppc.com/guardian.php. (snx) [News message: 04. Dec. 2003, 19:07] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`04.Dec.2003` Gunther Nikl (ANF)	Aminet: New Versions of BMPdt and xpkGZIP New versions of BMP-Datatypes (V40.16, 42 kB) and the XPK Module xpkGZIP (V1.2, 74 kB) have appeared on Aminet. Both are by Gunther Nikl. XpkGZIP 1.2 makes use of zlib 1.1.4 and was ported with GCC 3.3. Through GCC 3.3 xpkGZIP got about 11% faster at compressing. BMPdt now uses inline-assembler for little -> big endian adjusting. (snx) (Translation: dm) [News message: 04. Dec. 2003, 12:42] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`04.Dec.2003` Kicko (ANF)	Update of Access Virus MIDI Commands for Tracks&Fields The VirusOS from Krister "Kicko" Skrtic's Tracks&Fields Amiga Page has reached version 6.5 and is now available for download. According to the author Virus now sounds stronger like MiniMoog, and there is a deeper dimension to the tonality. The changes include an update of Filt1 mode as well as the implementation of four new values. The update is being offered because Kicko still uses Tracks&Fields, until HDRec is ready. After that all commands will be utilized by HDRec. (snx) (Translation: dm) [News message: 04. Dec. 2003, 10:45] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`04.Dec.2003` Amiga.org (Website)	Merchant: Datakompaniet Creates a Webshop The Norwegian Amiga merchant Datakompaniet has completely revised its homepage and implemented an online webshop. (snx) (Translation: dm) [News message: 04. Dec. 2003, 08:22] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`04.Dec.2003` Schlonz (ANF)	Update Of DVDRTools DVDRTools has been reworked. The following changes were made: The text of the homepage was brought up to date All instructions for DVDRTools are now in HTML format DVDRTools has been recompiled with GCC3.3, something that should provide for cleaner code, and from there on shrink the size of the executable by about 70%, because of the reduction of debugging code The GUI ToastDVD has also been updated and now not only works with DVDRTools alone but also with the other programs of DVDRTools. With this DVDRTools becomes almost as easy to use as MakeCD or BurnIT, it's just that you can do the same stuff with DVDR support Further, I am now working on a solution to overcome the 2 GB limit, but that's not quite ready yet. (snx) (Translation: dm) [News message: 04. Dec. 2003, 07:52] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`03.Dec.2003` Martin Rebentisch (DaFreak) (ANF)	Music: Liquid Skies records #062 After the homepage of the scene group Liquid Skies is reachable again they published their 62nd music package today. It contains a trance tune by the musician Maxus and the fitting CD cover for this track. Title: Dream World Musician: Maxus Style: Trance Playing time: 3:31 Format: mp3 @128kbps Size: 3.3 MB The zipped file is available for download by the title link. (nba) (Translation: ub) [News message: 03. Dec. 2003, 23:59] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`03.Dec.2003` Commodore Gebruikers Groep	HCC days: Photos by the Commodore Gebruikers Groep The Dutch user group Commodore Gebruikers Groep has pushed some photos of their attendace at the HCC days online. That event is the biggest of its kind within the Benelux countries. (snx) (Translation: ub) [News message: 03. Dec. 2003, 18:01] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`03.Dec.2003` MorphOS-News.de (Webseite)	New version of the ASFS Linux dirver The ASFS file system driver for Linux by Marek Szyprowski is now available as a public beta 1.0 beta 1. With this tool SmartFileSystem (sfs) partitons of the Amiga/MorphOS are accessable while running Linux. In the meantime it became possible not only to read these partitions but also to write to them, even this is still in an experimental stage. The patch for the kernel source code of Linux is to obtain from the ASFS homepage: asfs-1.0b1_patch_2.4.21.diff.gz The author emphasizes that this is a beta version and there is no warranty that this driver works correctly. There is the possibility of system crashes or loss of data. The use of this tool is on your own risk, Marek Szyprowski is not responsible for any kind of damage. He adds that he successful copied several gigabyte of data using this driver. Feedback of any kind is welcome by him. (snx) (Translation: ub) [News message: 03. Dec. 2003, 10:24] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`03.Dec.2003` Amiga.org (Website)	Music software: Protracker II under development Ruben Monteiro currently works on ProTracker II, a successor to the original family of the Soundtracker (SoundTracker, NoiseTracker, ProTracker). The Portuguese programmer estimates a release date for March next year. There is support for MorphOS and Windows, versions for OS4 or AROS are not confirmed yet. According to the author these will be the features: User interface 16 bit screen or window mode Attractiv OS independent GUI (screen shot) Shortcuts and layout in the known classical style Skinable (MorphOS) AHI support Music processor Internal mixing in 32 Bit 8-tap-FIR-resampling (close to perfect quality) Loads: MOD, MOD2, DBM, XM, IT, S3M, MED, MT2 Saves: MOD, MOD2, XM Direct hard disk recording up to a quality of 32bit, 44kHz, stereo 64 tracks 256 patterns / positions 8/16 bit mono/stereo samples of unlimited size Separate volume / panning / effect parameter for each track Miscellaneous (MorphOS) full native PowerPC program Freeware (no adverts or upgrades to "professional" versions) It's ProTracker ;) Ideas and constructive critics are welcome by the author, he is to reach by mailing to ruben@amiga.org. (snx) (Translation: ub) [News message: 03. Dec. 2003, 09:59] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`03.Dec.2003` AmigaWorld (Website)	Fortnightly Q&A's with Fleecy Moss - episode 24 The English online magazine AmigaWorld has published episode 24 of the regular questions and answers session with Fleecy Moss, CTO at AMIGA, Inc. (Update 2012-03-15, cg: as the original document is no longer available, the following content was moved into our database): 1) BobC: Can you tell us what third party software companies or individuals are interested in writing or actually are writing software for OS4 on the A1? If you can't say who they are, perhaps, what types of third party software is being developed? Fleecy: I can only tell you of those that have publicly committed to writing for AmigaOS4.0 since the others are either still looking into it or are developing but do not wish to make an announcement yet. Those that are publicly committed are Ibrowse Pagestream AudioEvolution CandyFactory 2 Tales of Tamar VBCC WordMeUp Hyperion have also committed to creating AmigaOS4.0 versions of their games and have a licence to develop DirectoryOpus for AmigaOS4.0. Several other companies have said that when a more complete developer SDK is available and/or when the market size becomes clearer, then they will take another look. There are likely to be quite a few surprise products turning up as well but as I said, for a number of reasons the companies involved are not willing to announce publicly at this time. 2) Uncharted: Will the new "AG2 services" change the way AmigaOS works from a user's perspective? Will things like devices, system structure (C: DEVS: LIBS: ENVARC: etc.), and UI paradigms be changed? Fleecy: Initially no but with the introduction of a resources and services architecture, it will change. This architecture internalises the implementation and publicly presents a semantic abstraction. AmigaOS4.0 presents a half way house with its use of interfaces called against libraries. However, because the access is via a semantic abstraction, it will be possible for a user to create a relationship that makes it look like the old organisation model, if they so desire. As for the interactive environment, we have looked at all that is good in the existing interface as well as all is bad. We are bringing a workflow analysis to this area and, whilst you will be able to recognise elements from previous implementations, there will be a lot that is new and (we hope) better. The whole solution will allow the user to eventually build their own interface so if you want to go back to AmigaOS3.9 Workbench, it should be possible. 3) Shep: A while ago on here I suggested that Amiga could use affiliate marketing, similar to amazon, for marketing the new Amiga. I would gladly join such a scheme when I have my new website sorted out (which will be appropriate because of its theme), what do you think Fleecy? Fleecy: I think it is a very good idea. We have a lot of ideas ourselves which are partly a reaction to the situation we find ourselves in at the moment. Getting the good news about Amiga's rebirth out into the world is going to be top priority and, as we found at the Micromart show and, as has been proved over the past six months, our user groups are going to be crucial in that process. 4) DaveP: Hi there Fleecy, would you rather do this monthly? ;-) Fleecy: At least it wouldn't be late all the time ;-) 5) GregS: Are there any plans with including in OS4-4.2 a XML Signature generator? Fleecy: XML will play a big part in AG2, so yes. 6) Asemoon: There is much concern within the industry about monopoly OS companies abusing their position to make it hard or near impossible to replace components with alternatives. This has never been the case with AmigaOS' design. Will this modularity and freedom continue with future releases? Fleecy: Very much so. With a resource and services architecture it would be hard to do otherwise. 7) prmetime: 1. When the A1/zico spec was first announced, a partnership with Matrox was announced fairly soon thereafter. I have yet to see any Matrox drivers or chips on hardware to this point. Is Matrox still a partner and will their graphics chipsets be supported? Fleecy: Matrox are still a partner and, with SNAP coming on board, we will have an excellent set of drivers for Matrox boards. Given that 3D is not currently the forte of Matrox, then we will be concentrating on other, more appropriate products. 8) GregS: Are there any plans (beyond OS4.0) to add to the Amiga some simple and easy to maintain and control Multi-User-Profile system for the AmigaOS? Fleecy: Yes but it will require the foundations to change first for the data storage and organisation services. That is something that will appear early in AG2. 9) The_Editor: We recently had, what seemed to be a high profile visitor to AW.net expressing his frustration at not being able to find anyone "high enough" to talk to about developing for DE. Due to a lack of information, he is taking his idea elsewhere. Who do we direct such enquiries to in future and what steps would Amiga Inc take to see this calamity is not repeated ? Fleecy: This is clearly very worrying. I did not receive any information about him and there is supposed to be a requests process on the Amiga Anywhere website. I shall look into this as a matter of urgency. 10) jurassiccamper: Alan has mentioned that earlybird owners may get an installable OS4 beta by christmas. How will this be distributed? Fleecy: It won't be a beta per se but a pre-release that will not be supported directly. Amigaworld have already expressed an interest in becoming a forum for support and feedback of information generated from the pre-release. As for the format for distribution I believe we are currently considering a downloadable ISO image to be burnt to a CD via Debian. (Copyright © 2003 Amigaworld.net. All rights reserved. Originally available at http://amigaworld.net/modules/fleecymoss/index.php?cat_id=25 You may freely redistribute this article, providing that a URL is provided to the original source, and the copyright notices remain intact) (nba) (Translation: ub) [News message: 03. Dec. 2003, 04:15] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`02.Dec.2003` Maja (ANF)	Safety hole in Linux-Kernel makes Debian attackable At the end of November there are hacker attacks on the open source project Debian Linux. Those attacks were possible because of holes in the Linux centre. You can get more information because of this theme on the TweakPC-website under the title link. (nba) (Translation: gf) [News message: 02. Dec. 2003, 20:28] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`02.Dec.2003` Golem (Website)	Golem: PNG Second Edition becomes W3C-Specification The World Wide Web consortium has decided the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Second Edition for the W3C-recommendation as standard. Please read the complete text at the online news-service Golem under the title link. (nba) (Translation: gf) [News message: 02. Dec. 2003, 20:26] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`02.Dec.2003` Felix Schwarz (E-Mail)	IOSPIRIT: fxSCAN 4.05 available In the download-area of IOSPIRIT an update-archive from version 4.0, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03 and 4.04 of fxSCAN to V4.05 is now available for download. Changes include: PNG-support (loading and saving) the saving format last used is reused MorphOS-adaptions: support for the MorphOS-skinsystem MorphOS-adaptions: WarpUP-warning does no longer appear multiple starts will switch to the already running application bugfixes A detailed list of changes can be found in the update archive. fxSCAN 4 is currently available at a special price of 29,00 EUR. (nba) [News message: 02. Dec. 2003, 16:19] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`01.Dec.2003` Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)	Amiga Arena: Bonds v2.00 Alpha Amiga Arena will publish, in co-operation with Sven Dröge of Programmed Excellence, an alpha version of the new personal finance program 'Bonds' 2.0. (nba) (Translation: sk) [News message: 01. Dec. 2003, 15:06] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`01.Dec.2003` Alexander Fritsch, selco (ANF)	SelcoCast: First Shoutcast-Server for Amiga 'SelcoCast' by Alexander 'selco' Fritsch is the first ShoutCast server for Amiga. Additional infromation can be found at the title link. (nba) (Translation: sk) [News message: 01. Dec. 2003, 14:48] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`01.Dec.2003`	Aminet Uploads until 30.11.2003 New Aminet-Uploads: TView.lha comm/tcp 84K+List TV-programs in Europe. MakeHTMLMap.lha comm/www 557K+Powerful WWW Gallery/Catalog Creator (v3 WebPics107.lha comm/www 6K+WebPics 1.07 - Web Based Photo Gallery G wpz-frozen41.lha demo/aga 1.1M+Frozen#41 - Special March Edition wpz-motions.lha demo/aga 58K+64kb intro by Whelpz - 1st at Spoletium' Annotate.lha dev/cross 13K+Comments and reformats DASMX 2650 cross- cc65-bin.lha dev/cross 942K+ANSI C cross-compiler for 6502 family cc65-src.lha dev/cross 773K+ANSI C cross-compiler for 6502 family Draco2C.lha dev/lang 17K+Draco-to-C source code translator TCS.lha dev/misc 734K+320x256x8 50 FPS C2P on A1200/030 & more TCS_demo.lha dev/misc 534K+TCS & tcs.library interactive presentati Liga2003-04.lha game/data 29K+League update 2003-04 for SWOS game Garden.lha game/misc 54K+Pick flowers from the Garden. ADoom-1.3.lha game/shoot 426K+Amiga port of DOOM v1.3 ADoomPPC.lha game/shoot 552K+Amiga PPC port of ADoom v1.7 ADoomPPC_src.lha game/shoot 549K+Source code of Amiga PPC port of DOOM v1 ADoom_src-1.3.lha game/shoot 533K+Source code of Amiga port of DOOM v1.3 DonSimon.lha game/think 1.4M+Nice wb game based in the classic Simon Follia_NBA_FE.lha game/think 1.4M+Extremely addictive puzzler; pure fun! rockpapersciss.lha game/think 1.0M+Well knowed game to play in AMIGA and PE GIFsplit.lha gfx/conv 24K+Splits GIF animations into individual GI Xami.lha gfx/x11 450K+An X11 server for Amiga A1200_fixes.lha hard/misc 1.3M+All A1200 motherboard modifcations SunSuite4organ.mpg mods/mpg 17M+Four part suite for pipe organ BareED.lha text/edit 304K+Simple to use text editor supporting pro MUIUnArc.lha util/arc 11K+MUI UnArc BMPdt.lha util/dtype 42K+BMP picture datatype 40.16 for >= OS 3.0 ExtraLib.lha util/libs 357K+Complex dynamic buffer system, and other SetAgnus.lha util/misc 7K+Removes an incompatibility between Amith xpkGZIP.lha util/pack 74K+XpkGZIP compressor 1.2 ARxShellEngDoc.lha util/rexx 159K+English help file for ARexxShell V1.2 ARxShellV1.2.lha util/rexx 100K+A shell for ARexx V1.2 ConvColorIcon.lha util/sys 40K+ConvColorIcon: Convert OS35+ icons into Mill.lha util/virus 163K+Polish antivirus (nba) (Translation: sk) [News message: 01. Dec. 2003, 03:25] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`01.Dec.2003` Brad Webb (E-Mail)	Amiga Update Newsletter von Brad Webb #031130 The November issue of Amiga Update by Brad Webb is now available at the title link. Content: Amiga takes a bath in UK Micro-Palooza Party in December FreeCiv Tourny - AmigaOne Prize Classic Amiga BBS Group formed The latest from Eyetech OS 4.0 Demo in New York City Update to PowerIcons available New Release - SFS File System Bars and Pipes v1.21 available (nba) (Translation: sk) [News message: 01. Dec. 2003, 03:23] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`29.Nov.2003` Sprocki (ANF)	New versions of OpenSSH and OpenSSL released Diego Casorran has released new versions of OpenSSL and OpenSSH for the Amiga on his website under the title link. OpenSSL is now available in version v0.9.6 L, OpenSSH in v3.7.1p2. The OpenSSL project is a common effort of developers worldwide to create a stable, fully featured and on OpenSource basing toolkit implementation of the protocols Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) as well as creating a powerful cryptography library. OpenSSH is a free version of the SSH protocol suite and shall give the users of Telnet, rlogin, ftp and similar clients more security on the Internet by effectively encrypting all sent data including password. (nba) (Translation: wk) [News message: 29. Nov. 2003, 23:51] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`29.Nov.2003`	Genesi news in short After their products Pegasos, MorphOS and PegXLin and their Pegasos port of OpenBSD has the company Genesi S.à.r.l. itself now been registered on the "Ready for IBM-Technology" list. Felix Schwarz leaves Genesi and is concentrating completely on his company IOSPIRIT again as Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck posted in a comment on MorphOS-News.de. The company owe among other things the creation, support and moderation of many of their websites to him. The official Japanese site of the Pegasos network is now online: www.Pegasos-JP.com. (snx) (Translation: wk) [News message: 29. Nov. 2003, 08:05] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`28.Nov.2003` ann.lu (website)	Archive tool: Mui Unarc 45.10 Jocke Sjöblom has written a clone of the tool "Unarc" which is delivered with AmigaOS3.9. This is called "MUI Unarc" and is based on MUI. It uses the xadmaster.library and therefore can display and extract many archive formats. Direct Download (11 KB). (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 28. Nov. 2003, 23:32] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`28.Nov.2003` Günter Horbach / KDH Datentechnik (ANF)	KDH Advent Calendar 2003 This year again KDH Datentechnik offers an Advent calendar. Each day there are special offers from December 1st until December 24th. (nba) (Translation: dr) [News message: 28. Nov. 2003, 20:43] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`28.Nov.2003` Constantinos Nicolakakis (E-Mail)	Tool: SRename 3.8.0 Constantinos Nicolakakis has published the final version 3.8.0 of the tool "SRename". With this tool you can comfortably rename files. The following features have been added in the new version: New features: Added the STATS (ST) option to display statistics such as: Directories scanned Filenames processed Directory names processed Files renamed Directories renamed File comments changed Directory comments changed Time taken in seconds Added "SRbench"-script to archive for performing standard toggle case benchmark Removed the 255 directory depth level limit. Now more than 2 billion levels of depth are allowed. Now when the name or comment of a directory is changed "(dir)" is appended to the output to indicate that the object type is a directory. Bugfixes: Fixed bug where giving FILES and DIRS together would result in no files being renamed. Now FILES cancels DIRS as it should have. In renumbering mode directories that match the basename are no longer processed. Now if the starting number is in a filename only filenames will be renumbered, and if the starting number is in a directory name only directory names will be renumbered. Further changes: Numerous optimizations resulted in speed gains, particularly in startup time. Because the main bottleneck for SRename is the speed of the OS Rename system call, the percentage of increase in speed relatively to the previous version, will be greater for fast systems and smaller or non existent for slow systems. (nba) (Translation: dr) [News message: 28. Nov. 2003, 19:57] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`28.Nov.2003` Marcus Neervoort (ANF)	amigapage.de currently not accessable Because of a change of the provider www.amigapage.de currently is not accessable. As soon as all has been done the site will be available. (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 28. Nov. 2003, 16:59] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`28.Nov.2003` Patrick Henz (E-Mail)	Samba de Oruga - Sexy PC-game for Amiga-fans SAMBA DE ORUGA is a sexy version of the well-known Tetris. It was born with the idea to create the ultimate Tetris, so the Peruvian group The Twin Eagles Group (well-known because of their Amiga game Gunbee F99, published by the APC-TPC) laid their foces on game-play and fun and later then combined it with sexy photos of their game member Orugaloca, where she poses for example only with an Amiga T-Shirt or a Boing-Ball. Features: 1 player or 2 player battle mode Selectable difficulty: Easy - Normal - Hard A highscore for each game difficulty 8 hot photos + 5 game secrets (1 player) 8 additional photos (2 players) 5 Power-Ups + Max Turbo monkey 10 fantastic latin music themes + 36 sound effects Smooth pieces movement English or Spanish version on the CD-ROM You can order it for only 9.50 Euro in the limited version incl. hand-signed cover by the model and a condom from the website of Faces of Mars. Samba de Oruga runs on x86-PCs with Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000 or XP. There you find also an interview with her, some screenshots and feedback from fans. (nba) [News message: 28. Nov. 2003, 12:37] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`28.Nov.2003` MorphZone (Website)	Games: MathRace and Rock! Paper! Scissors! by La Sekta In the MorphZone there are two minor new games made by La Sekta for AmigaOS and MorphOS. You must have a Pegasos or an Amiga with RTG. While MathRace challenge your mathematical knowledge Rock! Paper! Scissors! is a realization of the known child game "Rock - Paper - Scissors. (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 28. Nov. 2003, 09:51] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`28.Nov.2003` Amiga.org (Webseite)	Mirage Interactive offers old Amiga games for free download Some time ago the Polish games distributor Mirage Interactive has made available some of its older games. You can download it under the title link. (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 28. Nov. 2003, 09:37] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`27.Nov.2003` Genesi (E-Mail)	Genesi: Taking Part in HCC-Dagen Show in the Netherlands Genesi SARL announced their participation at the Dutch HCC-Dagen from 28th through 30th November. Reportedly this is the biggest show of its kind in the Benelux lands, with attendance in previous years reaching 100,000 by some accounts. They'll be guests at the stand (D106, hall 9) of Tyra-Group. Tyra-Group is going to introduce their CS-2 system ("Communication Station 2") at HCC-Dagen. This is a new system configuration that is small in size (A4), but with space for a standard 5.25" drive, a 5.25" slim bay, a 5.25" "quarterdrive bay," a 3.5" floppy drive, two hard-drives as well as expansion cards of normal height with additional room for high graphic cards. The TFT screen can be changed out as can the powerpack, both standard, off-the-shelf components. The "CS-2 Deluxe" is a complete home multimedia system based on Genesi's Pegasos and running MorphOS as well as Tyra-Group's proprietary software. (snx) (Translation: dm) [News message: 27. Nov. 2003, 11:30] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`27.Nov.2003` The CAPS Team (ANF)	CAPS Update The CAPS team (who concern themselves with the archiving of old, copy-protected Amiga games, to include copy-protection written on the flags) has converted another bunch of games into CAPS format. This format may for example be read by new UAE versions. A list of the new games is available from the CAPS homepage. In the meantime more than 1200 games have been archived, among them some very scarce titles such as "Hacker" or a few of the first games from Electronic Arts. CAPS is now looking for people who own other original games and would like to help with the archiving. Additionally the Amiga version of CAPS Library, which makes possible the use mounting of diskette images that are then worked on by CAPS, is being overhauled. (cg) (Translation: dm) [News message: 27. Nov. 2003, 02:05] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`27.Nov.2003` Falcon (ANF)	FinalWriter Helper: "PDF-Creator" Falcon has written a little program that may be incorporated in FinalWriter. Using Ghostscript, it allows a comfortable conversion of current documents to PDF format. Requirements: Final-Writer Ghostscript (preferable V8.00) rexxreqtools.library reqtools.library Direct Download (93 KB) (cg) (Translation: dm) [News message: 27. Nov. 2003, 01:45] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`26.Nov.2003` Martin Steigerwald (E-Mail)	Amiga Magazin: "AROS - Amiga neu gemacht" by Martin Steigerwald Martin Steigerwald has written an article for issue 9/2003 of the Amiga Magazin about AROS which is worth the read for all those interested in that alternative system. The article is written in German and to get at the title link. (nba) (Translation: ub) [News message: 26. Nov. 2003, 20:36] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`26.Nov.2003` Marc Cloppenburg / AMIGAplus (ANF)	Event: Report from the "Ottawa Amiga Show" by Kermit Woodall Kermit Woodall by Nova Design has edited a report about the Canadian Event "Ottawa Amiga Show 2003" and put it - coupled with some pictures - online by the title link. The show was held at the Canadian metropole Ottawa on November, the 22nd 2003. (nba) (Translation: ub) [News message: 26. Nov. 2003, 15:35] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`26.Nov.2003` ANN (Website)	Game: Memory clone "DonSimon" The programmer "Anarkskt" has done a new memory game "DonSimon", which is based on the classic "Simon". The game is available in native versions for 68k-AmigaOS and MorphOS and is downloadable by the title link at the website from the MorphZone. (nba) (Translation: ub) [News message: 26. Nov. 2003, 15:35] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`26.Nov.2003` Marc Cloppenburg / AMIGAplus (ANF)	GoldED: Webworld-update and Espresso License Registered GoldED-users can download a service pack for the HTML add-on Webworld. The Nov/2003 version of Tidy has been integrated (Amiga port courtesy of Edgar Schwan). Tidy is a code cleanup utility. The new version supports XML and XHTML. The Espresso License is a single shot of hot software: You get the latest and best version of GoldED Studio AIX. Once. No updates, no service packs, no bug fixes and no support in any form or shape. At a massive 40% discount for only 39.90 EUR (plus p&p)! Offer available once per person, while stock lasts. (nba) (Translation: nba) [News message: 26. Nov. 2003, 15:25] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`25.Nov.2003` IOSPIRIT (ANF)	IOSPIRIT: Internet browser IBrowse now also available on CD At IOSPIRIT a CD-version of IBrowse 2.3 and IBrowse 2.3 Update is now also available. The CD contains the browser itself, the new documentation (in English) and other goodies. Instead of a keyfile, each CD ships with a certificate, that can be exchanged against a keyfile in the customer's iospirit.de account. Due to legal reasons regarding the export of encryption technology, AmiSSL is not contained on the CD, but can be downloaded for free from the iospirit.de-download area. Dealers interested in ordering CD-versions of IBrowse are invited to contact IOSPIRIT by eMail. (snx) [News message: 25. Nov. 2003, 16:20] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`25.Nov.2003` WHDLoad (Website)	WHDLoad: New packets until 25.11.2003 With WHDload you are able to install games to your hard disk, which are only made for your floppy disk. Following packets are added or actualized after our last news. 25.11.03 new: Mickey Mouse (Gremlin) 24.11.03 new: Space Cutter (Maelstrom Games/Telecomsoft) 23.11.03 new: Mousetrap (Micro Value/Tynesoft) 22.11.03 new: Bubble + (Infogrames) 21.11.03 improved: History Line 1914-1918 (Blue Byte) 20.11.03 improved: The Lost Vikings (Interplay) 20.11.03 new: Flying Shark (Taito/Firebird) (nba) (Translation: gf) [News message: 25. Nov. 2003, 15:30] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`25.Nov.2003` Richard "DawnBringer" Fhager (ANF)	AMOS-game: FlagSweeper 1.0 published Richard "DawnBringer" Fhager has with AMOS a Minesweeper clone called FlagSweeper produced (Screenshots). The Archiv has 180 kilobytes (snx) (Translation: gf) [News message: 25. Nov. 2003, 10:54] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`25.Nov.2003` Giancarlo Piscitello (ANF)	Icons: first complete Freeware-Workbench-Packet with PNG-Icons The first complete Freeware-PNG-replacement package for Workbench icons has Giancarlo Piscitello provided. You can find a screenshot of his work in Album of Amiga.org. (snx) (Translation: gf) [News message: 25. Nov. 2003, 10:47] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`24.Nov.2003` ANN (Website)	AROS: Status Update David Le Corfec reports at AROS.org about the latest changes of the AROS project. Further details are available at AROS.org. (snx) (Translation: sk) [News message: 24. Nov. 2003, 20:03] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`24.Nov.2003`	IDE: IDE for AmigaOS Daniel Allsopp is currently developing a new IDE (integrated development environment) for AmigaOS. The project is based on a MUI gui and will use GCC and GNU make. A screenshot of the current version is already available. According to the developer this version is just a pompous autodoc viewer. (cg) (Translation: sk) [News message: 24. Nov. 2003, 17:44] [Comments: 1 - 26. Nov. 2003, 13:13] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`24.Nov.2003` AmigaWorld.net	Amigaworld.net: AmigaOne-Mainboard contest According to a note by Amigaworld.net, the operators of the Amigaworld.net FreeCiv servers donate an AmigaOne-XE-Mainboard with 512 MB RAM for the winner of the upcoming FreeCiv tournament. The winner of the FreeCiv Challenge League Matches, which will be held between January and March 2004, will also be the winner of the mentioned mainboard. The number of players will be restricted. Twelve training matches will be played in advance in December. Additional information is to be found at AW-FreeCiv-Support-Page or in the IRC channel #awfreeciv at irc.amigaworld.net. (snx) (Translation: sk) [News message: 24. Nov. 2003, 17:11] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`24.Nov.2003` Aminet (Website)	Aminet Uploads until 24.11.2003 New Aminet uploads since our last note: MiamiDX_Fr.lha comm/tcp 27K+French catalog for MiamiDX TView.lha comm/tcp 82K+List TV-programs in Europe. bst-abracadabr.lha demo/intro 28K+Abracadabra cracktro from BST Abnormalia1hd.lha demo/mag 532K+Abnormalia 1 (HD friendly and more) Abnormalia3hd.lha demo/mag 856K+Abnormalia 3 (HD friendly and more) q-device_src.lha dev/e 37K+E Source Code to Q-Device! V0.2 Afilereq.pl.lha dev/lang 2K+Use Amiga File Requestor with perl Draco2C.lha dev/lang 16K+Draco-to-C source code translator q-device.lha disk/misc 25K+V0.2 SCSI/IDE Query and Command Tool (MU ThePolice.lha docs/hyper 51K+The Police: albums, lyrix, singles +more WorldCup2002.lha docs/hyper 61K+All about World Cup 02: results, stats++ KingKong.lha game/jump 69K+Donkey Kong clone. Port of famous handhe TotalChaosAGA.lha game/misc 39M+640x512 256 colors 50fps Magic & Monster SASkin6.lha gfx/misc 64K+Saskin number 6 for Kaya player (MOS) QLView.lha gfx/show 222K+Sinclair QL Screen viewer and iff saver. MorningCall.mpg mods/mpg 4.1M+First movement of a four part suite AmySequencer.lha mus/edit 240K+MIDI sequencer for the AMIGA TeamChaosLogo1.mpg pix/3dani 6.1M+Team Chaos 3D animation with sound MrCarlitoWB-06.jpg pix/icon 312K+First FREEWARE full PNG icons replaceman msdos-amiga.lha util/conv 37K+Convert MSDOS texts to AMIGA text format EasySync.lha util/dir 114K+Synchronize two directories StartBar-ITA.lha util/misc 88K+Italian version of StartBar ARxShell12beta.lha util/rexx 78K+A shell for ARexx V1.2beta VirusExecutor.lha util/virus 310K+VirusExecutor v2.31 PowerIcons.lha util/wb 503K+NEW! 32bit PNG icons on your Amiga !!! ( (nba) (Translation: sk) [News message: 24. Nov. 2003, 16:47] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`24.Nov.2003` ANN (Website)	Software: MiniShowPicture V1.35 released Of the program MiniShowPicture by Pawel "Stefkos" Stefanski version 1.35 for MorphOS and Amiga-68k is now available. 'MiniShowPicture' is a simple, MUI based picture viewer that uses datatypes. It includes functions like Drag&Drop, scaling and shortcuts. (snx) (Translation: sk) [News message: 24. Nov. 2003, 14:38] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`22.Nov.2003` Carsten Siegner (ANF)	Analogue data capture for Amiga For the recently by Carsten Siegner announced 3-wire bus interface to control different ICs (we reported) is now a circuit diagram as well as some pictures available as a PDF document. To be able to use the interface has Carsten written a short measuring program that outputs the given voltage as integer byte number and as floating point number. Before using the program the following ENV variables have to be set: "Analog-device": (used serial device) "Analog-unit": (used serial unit) "Analog-volt": (maximum measured, permissible voltage and voltage to reach. Typical here are 5 V. Here you should measure again with a multimeter as you can get under circumstances values between 4.089 - 5.04 V.) The program needs the following files: Rexxtricks tritonrexx rexxserdev The program and the mentioned circuit diagram and photos are available as LHA archives. Direct download (190 KB) For the future Carsten plans the data capture with several channels. For this he has already got a chip LTC 1293. This can collect and convert six different analogue measure data and forward them sequentially to the computer. (cg) (Translation: wk) [News message: 22. Nov. 2003, 18:50] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`22.Nov.2003` ANN (website)	OpenPCI library 1.2 released The OpenPCI library, a library offering a programming interface for different available PCI solutions (Amithlon, G-Rex, Pegasos, Prometheus), has been released in version 1.2. The changes since the last version: MorphOS: optimizations for faster processors (604e or better) Amithlon: support for powerpci.library 2.x added (v2.x is now required) Amithlon (bugfix): two register values had been exchanged G-Rex (bugfix): pci_outw/l() and pci_write_config_word/long() hadn't worked until now G-Rex (bugfix): error in the interrupt code removed Direct download (13 KB) (cg) (Translation: wk) [News message: 22. Nov. 2003, 16:55] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`22.Nov.2003` CCC (email)	CCC: central saving of biometrical data endangers constitutional rights The approach of the "Bund Deutscher Kriminalbeamten" (BDK) to save biometrical characteristics of all European citizens in a central data base causes hardest reservations at the Chaos Computer Club (CCC); the constitutional rights of informational self-determination would then be abolished in a fundamental area - while the use for the combating of crime isn't even proofed. The CCC opposes especially against the idea of a central data saving as it has been last demanded by the speaker of the "Bund deutscher Kriminalbeamten", Holger Bernsee. In the view of the CCC the potential misuse and possible desires in the context of a central data tracking is out of all proportion to the possible gain in the combating of crime that (the possible gain) can be realized with a technically clearly less democracy endangering system. (nba) (Translation: wk) [News message: 22. Nov. 2003, 16:54] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`22.Nov.2003`	PNG icons: KDEView makes change easier Pietro Ghizzoni has thought about how to help users who want to change their Workbench from classic Amiga icons to PNG icons. As you have to replace numerous icons by hand he has written a small program that shows all PNG icons of a directory in a window and makes the "picture exchange" possible via drag'n drop. Direct download (68 KB) (cg) (Translation: wk) [News message: 22. Nov. 2003, 02:15] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`21.Nov.2003` Genesi (E-Mail)	MorphOS Developer Connection welcomes 400th developer As Genesi S.à.r.l. reported the MorphOS Developer Connection has now 400 officially registered MorphOS developer. The MDC members come from over 50 seperate countries. Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck said: "Today the number of members has achieved 400. Congratulations to all of you. The Connection has been an useful tool for all members because you work together and help to push forward this platform. Special congratulations to the MorphOS developer team with Ralph Schmidt! :-D We take off our hat! Thank also you to Felix Schwarz who has created the website. Felix works on the forthcoming MDC2 which will base on Callisto! MorphOS is intended for running on a computer near to you! Great work!" (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 21. Nov. 2003, 17:19] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`21.Nov.2003`	Icon-Patch: Powericons 1.05 published "Powericons" is an icon-patch which allows to use 24bit icons under AmigaOS and was published in a new version. For the detailed changes please have a look at the Readme. Direct Download (513 KB) (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 21. Nov. 2003, 16:36] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`21.Nov.2003` Amigart.com (Website)	Experimental version of LinuxUAE Because the development of WinUAE has been faster forced than the Linux version and because the Linux version has been not updated for a long time Richard Drummond has ported a lot of the changes of WinUAE to Linux. For more detailed information have a look at the Changelog. Under the title link you can find seperate versions LinuxUAE which he calls experimentally. (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 21. Nov. 2003, 13:38] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`21.Nov.2003` Amigaworld (ANF)	Interview with Alan Redhouse from Eyetech (Update) The Amiga-portal AmigaWorld has interviewed Alan Redhouse who is the manager of the Eyetech Group. Update: (cg, 21.11.2003, 14:25) We have summarized the most important statements of Alan Redhouse in the following lines: Alan Redhouse thinks that more AmigaOnes have been sold than other "open" (that means not Apple/IBM) PPC systems. since AmigaOS4 has been officially demonstrated on the AmigaOne the amount of sold AmigaOnes has been increased currently it is tried to deliver all "Earlybird"-customers a beta version of OS4 if possible before Christmas the Onboard Graphic-chip of the Micro-A1 is still not certain but probably it will become a low-cost Radeon Chip the "High-Tech" interfaces (RAID, Gigabit Ethernet, USB2, Firewire) will be implemented at the Micro-A1 probably on a seperate, optional platine. Because of that the board will become cheaper for customers. Waiting peroid when ordering an AmigaOne motherboard: ca. two weeks (Complete system: Four weeks) Until now there have been two problems refered to the DMA at the AmigaOne: The first is caused by VIA bug and has been fixed with the help of a software patch. The second problem is that the ArticiaS enables the simultaneous access of CPU and a of a PCI busmaster to the memory. In the x86-world this is not usual because of that the (of Linux-x86 ported) Linux drivers may not manage this. This oddity of the ArticiaS is supposed to be a included "turbo" which makes the computer "smarter". AmigaOS4 is not affected by these two problems Exactly fitting boxes are not possible because of the costs but Eyetech works with Naya Design on some modifications which change the standard boxes to Amiga boxes in a cheap way. Single-CPU-modules with faster G3/G4-processors already exists and have been presented officially, too. But there must be ca. 400 preorders to enable such a product. Because of that only dual-cpu modules has planned. The AmigaOne in Micro-ATX format has planned only for the end of the next year. (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 21. Nov. 2003, 13:36] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`21.Nov.2003` IOSPIRIT (ANF)	IOSPIRIT: Various price reductions From the 20th November 2003 to the 31th December 2003, you can buy many products at IOSPIRIT at special prices - up to 37 percent below regular price. Detailed information available under the title link. After the 31th December 2003, regular prices will return. (cg) (Translation: cg) [News message: 21. Nov. 2003, 00:44] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`20.Nov.2003` VHT-DK (E-Mail)	Antivirus Program: VirusExecutor Version 2.31 Jan Erik Olausen released a new update of the Antivirus software VirusExecutor today: Name: VirusExecutor v2.31 Archive name: VirusExecutor.lha Archive size: 317,926 Bytes Date: 20th of November 2003 Programmer: Jan Erik Olausen - vht-dk Requirements: xvs.library (inklusive), reqtools.library, xfdmaster.library, xadmaster.library, 68020+ Changes since the last version: Removed requesters when checking from Shell... Thanks to Matthias Scheler. Fixed bug when detecting custom chips... Thanks to Charlene. Forgot to remove some debugging output... Thanks to Michel 'DMX' Bagmeijer. Fixed bug if you try to use an old PatchBrain file... You can now choose which volume to check on 'Check ALL valid volumes' Thanks to Michel 'DMX' Bagmeijer. New catalog: Dutch by Michel 'DMX' Bagmeijer Updated catalogs: French by Herve and Polish by Wojciech Pasiecznik If you would like to contact the author, send him an email with the word "Amiga" in the subject line, because emails that do not contain this word are automatically deleted. You'll find more information about VirusExecutor and you'll have the option to download it by clicking on the title link. (nba) (Translation: dm) [News message: 20. Nov. 2003, 23:19] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`20.Nov.2003` Spiegel (Website)	Spiegel Online: MP3.com - The End of a Short Era MP3.com seemed to be ushering in the beginning of a new era in the music business: artists and consumers were to have been "emancipated" from the industry. Then MP3.com was sued, and then it was sold. Now the website is changing hands agains - and being closed. Read the complete article at Spiegel Online under the title link. (nba) (Translation: dm) [News message: 20. Nov. 2003, 23:15] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`20.Nov.2003` amigaworld.net (Website)	AmigaOne: Tips and Tricks for MacOnLinux Under the title link an AmigaOne owner has collected and published some information about the AmigaOne and LinuxPPC. The majority of it concerns MOL (MacOnLinux): a short instruction guide, a few tips, as well as a list of compatible games, all there for your convenience. (cg) (Translation: dm) [News message: 20. Nov. 2003, 21:40] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`20.Nov.2003` Martin Rebentisch (DaFreak) (ANF)	Music: Liquid Skies Records #061 The scene group Liquid Skies released their 61st music pack yesterday. It contains the track "Da-Vexa 17on" from the musician Spectra, who unfortunately has left the group. The track was put together using DigiBoosterPro. Title: Da-Vexa 17on Musician: Spectra Style: Drum'n'Bass Play length: 4:52 Format: dbm Size: 0.8 MB The ZIPped file is available for download at no charge under the title link. (nba) (Translation: dm) [News message: 20. Nov. 2003, 21:14] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`20.Nov.2003` Amiga Flame (Website)	"Pirates!" Clone: Graphic Artists Sought for "Drake" The ZeroVertex-team of Oliver Gantert has been working for some time on a 3D clone of the strategy classic "Pirates!." Now that big steps with the game engine have been taken in the last few months, and Oliver says this is "about 98% ready," the thing urgently needed now is 3D graphic artists. ZeroVertex is looking for 3D artists and animators who make use of 3dsmax, Milkshape3D, or some other software that offers "bone animation" support. Further, they need 3D artists who can produce static models like houses, plants, and they need texture artists as well, who can come up with textures for the existing models. Whoever wants to help should send an email to Oliver Gantert. (cg) (Translation: dm) [News message: 20. Nov. 2003, 15:47] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.Nov.2003` Redaktion amiga-news.de	Status Quo: Summary about the issues regarding Pretory SA During the last months the French press, among them l'Humanité (1, 2), Les Echos (1) and L'Expansion (1) , reported several times about an insolvency of the American-French company Pretory which is specialized to security services and employed for example security services for the Air France at airports. The reports were claiming Pretory SA (France) was employing a stuff not sufficient trained or with too less proven reliability at the highly sensible area of security. Inofficial sources are talking about wages not beeing paid since May 2003 for about 560 employees. Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco are shareholders and managers of the US company Pretory USA, which subsidiaries Thendic France S.à.r.l. and Thendic Deutschland GmbH are counted as precurors of the Pegasos distributor Genesi S.à.r.l.. Thendic is running a court suit against Aminga Inc. since some time (amiga-news.de reported). In a hearing of the Tribunal of Commerce in Paris last Monday, November the 17th 2003, according to Buck and Velasco at ANN.lu a sentence has been made which declares Pretory S.A. as bancrupt and calls a liquidation manager. Due to that there is now a transfer of Thendic-France S.à.r.l.'s assets to Genesi S.à.r.l. possible. The issues will not affect Genesi in any kind else, Buck told. We will keep on track about all news about this issue and report it here at amiga-news.de and the AMIGAplus. (nba) (Translation: ub) [News message: 19. Nov. 2003, 21:27] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.Nov.2003` Sylvio.K (ANF)	New videos of Soms3D published At the webpage of the currently developed game "Soms3D" there were two new videos published which demonstrate the running Soms3D engine. The animations show a test room with a light source and a test fog (alpha shading). All videos were recorded from an Amiga 1200 equipped with a BVision, 603e+@166 MHz and 96 MB fastram. (nba) (Translation: ub) [News message: 19. Nov. 2003, 21:13] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.Nov.2003`	New version of TView released A new version of "TView" has been released. This program offers the possibility to download the TV program to your computer and read it there. The programm is now developed by Daniel Widerström, the latest version is 1.3.14. (dr) (Translation: ub) [News message: 19. Nov. 2003, 19:25] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.Nov.2003` Genesi (E-Mail)	Genesi USA going to move principal office into Cheyenne Technology Corridor As Genesi S.à.r.l. announces, its American subsidiary Genesi USA is going to move its prinicipal office in January into the Northport building complex in Northern Las Vegas, which has been developed by the Jackson Shaw Company. Please find the original press release below: Cheyenne Technology Corridor Continues to add High Tech Firms North Las Vegas - Today, the Cheyenne Technology Corridor welcomed another high tech tenant. Genesi USA, a computer systems company, has agreed to terms with Northport, a Jackson Shaw development in the CTC. The company will move into its facility in January. Genesi SARL, a Luxembourg based company, introduced the Pegasos in October 2003. Culminating over five years of development, the Pegasos is a high-performance PowerPC based modular MicroATX mainboard for use in a variety of applications, including desktops, workstations, servers and communications products. Based on industry standards, such as Open Firmware, the Pegasos supports multiple operating systems including varieties of Linux and BSD. The Pegasos is the first new hardware and operating system platform brought to market in many years. Pegasos computers run multiple operating systems, including MorphOS, a new non-UNIX based operating system, OpenBSD, the standard for security in operating systems and various distributions of Linux for the PowerPC®. Genesi has been designated as an IBM Business Partner and carries the Ready for IBM Technology mark on four of its products, PegasosPPC, PegXLin, MorphOS, and OpenBSD for PegasosPPC. Product details are available at <www.genesi.lu>. Genesi USA will be the focus of US computer assembly operations for Genesi. When asked why Genesi USA chose the CTC as its new home, Paul Adams said, "After evaluating Nevada, Maine, Alabama, Florida and Texas as possible locations, we determined that the best overall business climate was in Southern Nevada. The other states offered many things, including free land for our facility and a year's worth of free rent; but, in the end, the favorable tax structure, the assistance of the City of North Las Vegas and the Community College of Southern Nevada provided a business climate that was much more supportive than anything we had seen in other states." Mike Carroll, Vice President of Development for Jackson-Shaw said, "We are very proud to welcome Genisi USA to Northport. The CTC continues to thrive and add new businesses to the North Las Vegas economy. We look forward to more successes for the CTC." Mike Majewski, who is the Economic Development Director for the City of North Las Vegas said, "It took a community-wide effort to secure Genesi in North Las Vegas, but the potential economic impacts to the CTC and all of Southern Nevada is phenomenal. This partnership between the City, real estate developers, and education was recently honored as the recipient of the Excellence in Economic Development award sponsored by the International Economic Development Council." Through a public/private alliance, the Cheyenne Technology Corridor is bringing more technology businesses to Southern Nevada. The partnership includes the City of North Las Vegas, the Brennan Brothers, Jackson Shaw, RDS/Insight, LLC, Stoltz Management and Harsch Investment Properties. The Cheyenne Technology Corridor is an integrated, accessible and diversified technology district offering advanced systems and infrastructure, state-of-the-art transportation and communication alternatives, and a knowledgeable and experienced workforce. (snx) [News message: 19. Nov. 2003, 18:26] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.Nov.2003` Michael Lanser (Forum)	Realms of Power: looking for graphics artits For Realms of Power, a Civilization/Colonization clone, we are looking urgently for some gfx artists. Michael Lanser writes: "We are in a urgent need for some gfx artits for our project. Several units (e.g. ships, tanks, infantery etc.), buildings (e.g. church, factory, habour, etc.) of the different epoches still have to be designed. And also the GUI could get some improvement..." A screen shot of the current alpha version is available by the title link. (cg) (Translation: ub) [News message: 19. Nov. 2003, 13:02] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.Nov.2003` Christian Rosentreter (ANF)	Golem.de: 3ivx D4 4.5 - New MPEG4 codec conform to ISO The Australian company 3ivx Technologies has released its commercial MPEG4 codec as a reworked version D4 4.5 for Windows and MacOS. For BeOS the 3ivx codec is planned to be released soonly in version D4 4.5 as well while an announcement for Linux, Unix and AmigaOS is missing currently. The latest Amiga version still the version D3. Read more (German) by the title link. (snx) (Translation: ub) [News message: 19. Nov. 2003, 12:46] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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