02.Jan.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Event: Benelux Amiga & Pegasos Show 2003
As Ron van Herk of Computer City
announced on MorphOS-News.de, a
Benelux-Amiga-Show
combined with a Benelux-Pegasos-Show is planned for April 2003 in Rotterdam, Holland.
You'll find out more from cindy@beneluxpegasosshow.com.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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02.Jan.2003
John Chandler (Suite101)
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John Chandler on Suite101: Expecting
John Chandler regularly writes Amiga-themed articles for Suite101.com. In his latest (which may be reached by clicking on the title link)
he refers to what we may expect from Amiga Inc. in 2003, or not. Chandler doesn't forgo mentioning that 2002 didn't go as expected, and he
can hardly conceal his disappointment that he and many others still can't use an AmigaOne with OS4. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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02.Jan.2003
Eric Schwartz
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Sabrina Online: Holiday Greetings
Eric Schwartz had Sabrina send you holiday greetings on your Amiga. :) (ps) (Translation: dm)
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02.Jan.2003
Amiga Future
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Magazine: NoCover #106
Under the title link you may reach the online version of the current issue (#106) of the magazine 'NoCover.' Between convention reports and diverse articles (for example articles on ArTKanoid, YiYa.de, personal responsibility and heavy metal lyrics) Wolf
Zimmer has put together a colorful mixture of themes for this edition. Included are reader letters, as well as Small Talk and naturally the obligatory help-line. The Amiga Arena interviews with Andreas
Falkenhahn and Thomas Schulze additionally may be read through.
Download: nocover106.lha - 1,6 MB (ps) (Translation: dm)
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02.Jan.2003
Thylacine Updates
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USB: New Drivers for USB Card Thylacine from 31st December, 2002
The following new drivers for the USB card Thylacine are set for download:
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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02.Jan.2003
Webseite von Stiftung Warentest
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Foundation Stock Review: What's Changed Since 1st January, 2003 (w. Update)
In a thorough article Foundation Stock Review summarizes what has changed since the 1st of January this year. Starting with
altered highway signs, progressing to the changeover from 0190 to 0900 telephone area codes, and including all the important and interesting
changes.
Update of 2nd January, 2003:
In the same vein as the new 0900 phone service numbers is the following interesting Golem article:
Telecommunications: New Charges for 2003.
Here is an excerpt: 0900 numbers change to the prefix of 0190 after January, 2003. After
the regulatory officials partially approved the new telecommunications charges, they come into effect on the 1st of February, 2003.
Along with that come reductions in urban and German charges, and increases in the monthly base fee for analog T-Net connections.
Immediately after January the phone service will raise the setup charge for T-DSL. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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02.Jan.2003
Webseite von Jocke Sjöblom
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GUI: Overview of MUI Classes Updated by Jocke Sjöblom
Jocke 'Zerohero' Sjöblom, as earlier reported, established a website on 26th December 2002, which provides readers an overview of MUI classes along with download links and directions to homepages. In the time since then the website has been updated with the very latest information.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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02.Jan.2003
Golem - IT News
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Golem: Interview: How the Penguin Came Across the Xbox
Michael Steil and Milosch Meriac from the Xbox Linux Project interviewed:
The XBox Linux Project is the successful attempt to run the open-source operating system on Microsoft's cheap game console. Golem.de
spoke with both German maintainers of this enterprise, Michael Steil and Milosch Meriac, in detail about the success up until now, the posted
"bounty" of 200,000 Euros, the hacker work among the team, and what still must happen in order to fully realize the Xbox as PC equipment.
Click on the title link for the Golem-Article.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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02.Jan.2003
Webseite von Chris Perver
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Text Viewer: EvenMore Version 0.61
Chris Perver has updated his website, and published version 0.61 of the text viewer 'EvenMore.' New to this version is the capability to
function as a plugin, by which the program is usable with different GUIs.
Along with that comes the necessity to completely reconfigure your settings for this version. Detailed information about all this may be found in the
History. Newly added are also Portuguese and Polish speech catalogs.
Download: EvenMore.lha - 800 KB
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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01.Jan.2003
Emerald Imaging
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Emerald Imaging announces new RPG game called eVe
Emerald Imaging, known from the adventure game "Aqua", works on a new RP game called "eVe". The game will have hand drawn scenes and selected music should increase the fun factor. Here is the original announcement:
Announcing the next game from Emerald Imaging!
eVe is the next project that we will be working towards. It's a unique
"console style" action RPG with hand drawn artwork beautiful music and
addictive gameplay. Work has just began on this project and the game is
still in Alpha state but I am putting it on the site so that I can keep
people updated on the development status. More information will follow...
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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01.Jan.2003
ASM-One
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Assembler: ASM-One version 1.48 revision 482
Today Boushh has released version 1.48 revision 482 of the freeware assembler package
'ASM-One'.
This version runs on Amigas with the original chipset as well as on Amigas with gfx cards (RTG). Added features are:
- FPU EQUates can now be used (EQUS/EQUD/EQUX and EQUP)
- WL bug fixed
- Fixed serious bugs with PPC registers
- More read and write directories
- Cleaned out the 'V' directive
- Updated the Guide
ASM-One is an assembler, a disassembler, an editor, a debugger and
a monitor (Hexadezimal/ASCII/Binary/Disassembly) as well.
Download: asmonev148.lha - 302 KB (ps) (Translation: ub)
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01.Jan.2003
Brad Webb (E-Mail)
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Amiga Update Newsletter by Brad Webb #021231
Following the title link you may find the complete newsletter by Amiga Update
(Brad Webb) for December 2002. In his English newsletter
Brad Webb briefs monthly all news regarding the Amiga.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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01.Jan.2003
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Interview with Sascha Brandt (Ancor)
Happy New Year!
Olaf Köbnik of Amiga Arena wishes healthy and successful year 2003 for all! The "flame" will burn in 2003 also and the (Amiga-Arena) year starts with a little surprise.
Interview with Sascha Brandt (Ancor)
Remembering the demos and announcements of adventure games like
"Shadow on Time", "Gilbert Goodmate", "Middle City" or "The last Seal"?
None of these games has been available in a final version yet (and will mostly never) except the last one!
The sci-fi adventure "The last Seal" by Ancor is still under development and early this year there will be a new demo version released. Since 1997 Ancor are developing "The last Seal", after a first playable demo was published it became quiet around this group.
Read within that interview why this has been so and what the current development stage is.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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01.Jan.2003
Joseph Duchâtelet (ANF)
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CdBuilder: A new productivity program launcher for the Amiga
Joseph Duchâtelet writes:
CommandBuilder version 1.03 (CdBuilder.lha) has been uploaded to
Aminet util/wb.
Programmed in Gui4Cli this program allows you to compose CLI, ARexx,
Gui4Cli and WorkBench commandlines very easily, using mostly just
button & mouseclicks.
New commandlines can be saved directly to CommandSelection files.
CommandSelection files organised according to your specific needs
are a fast and effective way to make use of your computer.
Find out what are some of its concepts:
- selection files
- expanding files
- scripting
- and more to come: ask me for my latest HD version
Download: CdBuilder.lha (ps)
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31.Dec.2002
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amiga-news.de wish you a Happy New Year 2003!
© 2002 by Rolf Tingler
(ps)
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31.Dec.2002
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)
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New Hollywood screen shots
As some people did not know that Hollywood is also able to import
the popular Rainboot boot configuration file format, I have put up some
screenshots in the Hollywood section which show Hollywood running
Rainboot configurations. This gives you real Rainboot feeling on your
Workbench. The screenshots show the boot configurations Alien Boot,
AmigaOS 3.5 Boot, CloudBoot, PCommBoot, Pixel Art Boot & Windows
Simulator Boot. Finally, I wish all Amiga users and all my friends a Happy
New Year! (ps)
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31.Dec.2002
Grzegorz Kraszewski (ANF)
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Tool: ViewISO 1.1
ViewISO is a TrueType font viewer using TTEngine. Now with ARexx port and
commandline interface it can be used as TrueType viewer in filemanagers.
Download it here.
ViewISO is a program designed for viewing ISO-8859 charsets using TrueType
Unicode fonts. It can be useful to check if a TrueType font contains
glyphs for given charset. On the other hand you can see how some exotic
glyph looks like. ViewISO requires MUI and TTEngine installed.
Changes from version 1.0:
- ARexx command 'LoadFont' (script for filemanagers included).
- 'Load' button.
- Accepts font name as a commandline parameter.
- Serious memory leak fixed.
(ps)
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31.Dec.2002
Elbox (E-Mail)
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New Year Greetings from Elbox
Elbox Computer would like to wish Amiga users and its supporters a Happy
New Year. Year 2002 was a time of intense and effective work for Elbox.
We enriched Amiga computers with eight new products: five new Mediator
PCI busboard models (4000D, 3000D, 3/4000T, 1200SX and 4000Di), two
comprehensive Mirage tower systems (for A4000D and A3000D computers) and
a USB High-Speed controller (Spider USB 2.0).
In 2003 we are focusing on the SharkPPC G3/G4 product line, which will
turn your PCI Amiga into a new powerful G3/G4 system. A New Year Gift
from Elbox: With every Mediator busboard or Spider USB bundle purchased
in the Elbox On-line Store between 31th December 2002 and 17th January
2003 you will receive a free Mediator T-shirt!
(ps)
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30.Dec.2002
Dietmar Eilert
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Editor: GoldED studio AIX update SP8 and PGP5.0i 1.1
Service pack 8 for GoldED released. This contains new
menu and keyboard configurations (it must at least be installed SP3).
The new PGP Addon ensures that the coding
software 'Pretty Good Privacy 5.0 international' (version 5.0i 1.1) by Phil Carpenter can be used
with GoldED.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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30.Dec.2002
zErec (ANF)
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Update of the AMIthlon Kernel
There is a new Kernel for the 68k-Emulator AMIthlon available in the Aminet. This version contains
the following improvements:
- Support for GeForce3 graphic card
- Support for Matrox G550 graphic card, and improved support for other Matrox boards
- Support for Dell and IBM computer with corrupted PCI BIOS
- Workaround for a bug in Amithlon, that causes a crash during booting on CDROM less computers
- Improved hardware support for IDE/SCSI controllers
Download: newkernel.lha (ca. 1 MB) (ps) (Translation: sk)
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30.Dec.2002
Lars "Ghandy" Sobiraj (ANF)
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RayDreams - First homepage of Fortunato/Diskmag.de on-line
The first homepage of the raytracing artist Uwe "Fortunato" Gillissen,
which often helped out the Diskmag.de team in the past, is now finally
on-line. In RayDreams Fortunato presents newer creations besides some older works.
Everyone who is interested in a picture may write directly to the artist and will then receive the original version of it. If you have questions feel free to contact Fortunato. (ps) (Translation: sk)
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30.Dec.2002
amiga.org
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Emulator: UAE-X version 0.5 - Amiga emulator for x-box
With UAE-X you can emulate an Amiga 500 or Amiga 1200 on your x-box.
At the title link you can find detailed information and some
screenshots.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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30.Dec.2002
AIO
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Magazine: Amiga Information Online (AIO) #66
The issue #66 of the English language Amiga on-line magazine 'Amiga information on-line (AIO)' is now available. This issue contains besides others the following articles:
- Dr. Strange, Web Wanderer
- Virus Protection
- A Utility For AIO Readers Only
- Hints & Tips
- 'Twas the Night Before Amiga
The complete content can be founded in the Readme, which is
attached to the archives. AIO uses its own display program and can be used
starting from Amiga OS V3.0.
Download: AIOV66.lha (415 KB) (ps) (Translation: sk)
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30.Dec.2002
Dirk Salzsieder (ANF)
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Benchmark: AmigaMARK LPA 2003 V0.905 Beta Preview (Update)
On 29 December 2002 Rupert Hausberger released a preview of his benchmark
program 'AmigaMARK LPA 2003'. Since the completion
will still last some time, Rupert Hausberger decided to place this
modified version ready for testing. Characteristics:
- Processor -, memory and non removable disk analysis
- graphic comparing of results and modules
- module-based storing of the results
- evaluation of the computer achievement according to a percent system
- bench mark report in the title format
- individual attitudes for each individual test
- support of the NSD [new style DEVICES] equipment standard
- and much more ...
Feedback to this program can be sent by E-Mail to Rupert Hausberger
(rupert_hausberger@gmx.net).
Download: AmigaMARK.905beta.lha (836K),
Readme,
History
Supplement 30.12.2002:
Feedback only at Rupert Hausberger.
(sd) (Translation: sk)
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29.Dec.2002
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: New Workshop column
For finding workshops easily a list
of all workshops known to the Amiga Future editorial staff has been published.
Among those are, e.g.
- Installing Apache 1.3.20
- ArtEffect
- Creating ARexx scripts
- Cinema4D for beginners
- T-DSL and Amiga
Hints to further workshops can be brought to Amiga Future's attention via
eMail.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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29.Dec.2002
A.D.A.
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A.D.A.: Intro and three music disks
29th December 2002: An intro, three music disks as well as screenshots have
been added to the Amiga Demoscene Archive (A.D.A.).
The additions are:
The productions for Amiga computers are available for download ('Kiss my
jazz/Appendix' not yet) and are presented with pictures on their page.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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29.Dec.2002
SDI's program page
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Tool: CheckX V1.91 - Examines packers, archives, viruses
29th December 2002: Dirk Stöcker has released version 1.91 of his tool
'CheckX'. This program examines packed files as well as archives and checks
them for viruses. Thereby the files are dearchived or unpacked as far as
possible.
The tool utilises the xfdmaster.library (util/pack/xfdmaster.lha) and
xvs.library (util/virus/xvsLibrary.lha) for searching packed files and viruses
as well as the xadmaster.library (util/arc/xadmaster.lha) for dearchiving file
and diskette archives.
These libraries are also available for download through the title link.
Further information can be gathered from the
Web site
and the
Readme.
Download: CheckX.lha,
Readme (sd) (Translation: cb)
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29.Dec.2002
Amiga Future
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CUCUG Status Register 12/2002
The CUCUG Status Register of December 2002 has been published. In the Status
Register the Club regularly reports about its own meetings and about the areas
Amiga, Linux, Macintosh and PC. This issue contains the following about PPC as
well as Amiga:
The Macintosh Section:
The Amiga Section:
- Executive Update - November 2, 2002
- Letting The World Know !
- Amithlon Mothballed
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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29.Dec.2002
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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Player: Amiga-Mediaplayer V1 full version
Today Carsten Siegner has finished work on the first version of his player
'Amiga-Mediaplayer' and released this version.
- Multimedia program with transparent GUI (TV, Radio, Mediastreamer)
- Context sensitive (Mediastream, TV, Radio)
- With the help of FroggerNG nearly all formats can be replayed (Mediastream, Video, Audio)
- If you have Amithlon with AmithlonTV installed you can enjoy a transparent TV window. This can then, if the TV card also has a radio tuner, switch to a radio window.
- The TV part gets its TV prefs from TV-Watch.
- The radio part has its own prefs file which can be edited with an editor.
- The radio and TV part have 7 channel buttons each for programs.
This is arranged as in TV-Watch, except no radio settings are taken over from the TV-Watch prefs.
- Furthermore, you can turn on or switch between TV card inputs (VHS1, VHS2, SVHS1), and change audio settings (Stereo, Mono, Channel1, Channel2 and Mute).
- In addition to the seven program buttons, the radio part also has two realtime frequency controllers.
With these you can set the radio tuner frequency.
- The radio part has a frequency display (in MHz) where you can read the tuner's current frequency.
- Changer window for context choice.
- Integrated some shortcuts.
Requirements:
- Amithlon (full functionality)
- Amiga (68k, WOS, PPC, MOS), TV and radio part not activated
- Functioning AmithlonTV 2.07-beta installation (incl. Smear)
- TV card with radio tuner
- Functioning FroggerNG 2.05 installation (with Key)
- Functioning ARexx
- AHI
- For Amithlon: AC97 mixer (or else the Sound card won't be initialised)
Installation:
Just copy (nothing else) the libs appropriate for you system into the "Workbench:Libs" directory. That's it.
The Mediaplayer can then be started directly from the installation directory.
If Fogger is not installed or not installed correctly, an ASL requester appears asking for the Frogger path.
Upon starting the Mediaplayer first searches for system programs like RX etc.
These have to be located in the SYS: directory, otherwise Mediaplayer won't start properly.
After the start of the Mediaplayers the TV window has to be restarted once,
otherwise the audio part of the TV card isn't initialised, and no sound can be heard.
This, however, has to be done only once. On restarts of the Mediaplayer or the TV window the TV card is properly recognised.
Future:
- Audio export of TV and Radio sound into an AIFF file.
Download: Mediaplayer-1.lzx
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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29.Dec.2002
amiga.org
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Alt-WoA 2003: New venue
The organisators of the 'Alt-WoA 2003' have opted for a new venue. Instead of
at the 'Old Corn Mill' in Huddersfield, England, the Alt-WoA will now be held
at the 'Kirkdale Conference Centre'. This is located a mile from the original
venue.
Pictures, a map as well as information about the Centre are
published on the Alt-WoA Web
site.
The reason for the change is the closure of the 'Old Corn Mill' since
mid-November for ca. 22 weeks. And the organisers' insecurity about whether or
not the new owners will offer a suitable space for the event afterwards.
Amiga Inc. and Hyperion have already assured their attendance.
A confirmation from Eyetech is being awaited to then start the preparations.
An exact date has not yet been published on the site.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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29.Dec.2002
Amig@club
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Instant Messenger: Jabberwocky V1.3 - 4th preview d/d 27th Dec 2002
27th December 2002: Tom Parker has released a new preview of the Instant
Messenger 'JabberWocky' for Amiga computers.
This version contains the following changes:
- Localisation support in most dialogs
- French language catalog
- Fixed 2 enforcer hits reported by Luca "Hexaae" Longone
- Autoconnect on startup preference now saved and used.
Jabber is an open XML protocol for the
direct exchange of messages.
Connection establishment with other Instant Messengers like AIM, ICQ, MSN and
Yahoo is possible via gateways.
Download: Jabberwocky021227.lha
Source: jabberwocky.amigaworld.de.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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29.Dec.2002
Michael Böhmer (ANF)
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USB: HIGHWAY/SUBWAY - First pictures of BootROM module
Michael Böhmer writes:
"On our poll page on the
BootROM module and the re-release of the HIGHWAY the first pictures of our
BootROM module can be found.
Thus you can already get a first impression of this module.
Due to the holidays the poll has been extended until 6th January 2003."
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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29.Dec.2002
Amiga Society
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Amiga Society: Updates for hardware (German only), software and books
From the der Amiga Society Homepage:
'Winteroffensive...
is the theme of the recent update. At 29-Dec-2003 it starts with updates for Hard-(German translation only), Software and Books.
The second wave runs on January. For all who have been waiting so long for a new "Schlachtfeld" there will be released a little goody. The good old "Schlachtfeld" in winterlook with new maps. The graphic will be improved as it is possible.
Sorry, this is all for the coming day's - but I hope it will give you some hot battles at cold winterdays.
regards....
Horst'
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29.Dec.2002
amiga.org
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CES 2003: Genesi listet
By now Genesi (Pegasos computer) have been
listed
as exhibitor on the 2003 International CES Web site.
The 2003 International CES takes place from 9th-12th January 2003 in Las Vegas,
Nevada.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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29.Dec.2002
amiga.org
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Amiga: Happy Holidays From Amiga Inc.
From the Amiga Inc. Web site:
"(24-Dec-2002) Amiga Inc would like to wish its partners, friends and all
those in the growing Amiga community a very merry Christmas and a happy and
prosperous New Year. 2002 has been about taking the best of the Amiga
community, its passion, skill and commitment to excellence, and building
for the future. 2003 will be about enjoying the fruits of those labors, and
more, about sharing that enjoyment with the rest of the world. "
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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29.Dec.2002
amiga.org
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Game: Payback for GBA - Status Report #3
28th December 2002: James Daniels of Apex Designs
has published the third status report on the GBA port of the game 'Payback'.
The game's frame rate has been increased through optimisations. 15 frames/s were
targetted (matches V-Rally 3's frame rate) and 16 frames/s achieved, whereby
the optimisations for transparency effects haven't yet been added, so an
additional speed increase should be possible.
The other emphasis was on the HUD (Head up display) for showing the
score, the map, the weapons display and the mission briefs.
Instead of using the existing software routines, James Daniels had decided to
use the GBA's hardware sprites.
Though this is quite expensive, it brought with it a performance gain of some
10% compared to the pure software solution.
Additionally bugs have been fixed, so the game is now fully playable in most
levels.
The emphasis for the next months lies on the audio mixer, the sound effects and
the music. Furthermore there might be a chance to start work on the multi
player mode.
The full report is accessible through the title link.
It also contains new screenshots and a short video in MPEG format.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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29.Dec.2002
Arkadiusz [Yak] Wahlig
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Window organisation: DepthMenu Version 2.41
The Polish programmer Arkadiusz [Yak] Wahlig has released version 2.41 of his
program 'DepthMenu'. With this program you can administer, minimise or maximise
opened windows on your Workbench and much more.
New in this version: A nasty bug has been fixed, and a Hungarian catalogue has
been added.
Download: DepthMenu.lha
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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29.Dec.2002
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ANN has turned six!
The news service ANN celebrated its sixth birthday yesterday. Congratulations
to Christian Kemp from amiga-news.de.
Thank you for six years of excellent work and for the stamina!
Here's to the next six years :-).
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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29.Dec.2002
Cyborg (ANF)
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Amiga LAN-Party on 8th/9th Feb 2003 in Braunschweig
Cyborg writes:
The Amiga-User Braunschweigs will introduce themselves within the framework of
the Amiga LAN-Party on 8th/9th February 2003 in the Freizeitzentrum Mühle in
Braunschweig. Participation itself is free, merely a contribution to the
electricity bill for computers brought along will be raised.
We are wishing for a well attended event and yes, we can go on throughout the
night.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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27.Dec.2002
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - New packets (until 27.12.2002)
With WHDLoad you can install games which were formerly only meant for playing from Disk on your harddrive.
The following packets have been updated or completely new added:
- 27.12.02 new: Champions Of Krynn (TSR/SSI) done by Codetapper
- 27.12.02 new: International Soccer (Zeppelin) done by Codetapper
- 26.12.02 new: Whirligig (Firebird) done by Codetapper
- 26.12.02 improved: Explora (Infomedia) supports Chrono Quest, new icons
- 24.12.02 improved: Project X - Special Edition (Team 17) miscellaneous improvements
- 23.12.02 new: Grand Prix Master (Dinamic) done by Codetapper
- 23.12.02 new: Time Scanner (Activision) done by Codetapper
- 21.12.02 improved: 3D Pool (Aardvark Software/Firebird) supports another version and the intro
- 21.12.02 new: Skidz (Core Design/Gremlin) done by Codetapper
- 21.12.02 new: Sweet Revenge (Decay) done by Codetapper
- 20.12.02 improved: Eco (Ocean) supports another version
- 19.12.02 improved: Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade (Lucasfilm Games) freezes fixed, miscellaneous improvements
- 16.12.02 improved: XP8 (Weathermine Software) supports another version
- 15.12.02 improved: Hybris (Discovery Software) sound fixed
- 15.12.02 improved: Bombuzal (Imageworks) possible freeze after pause mode fixed
- 15.12.02 improved: Pinball Fantasies (21st Century) supports CD³² version
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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27.Dec.2002
Patrick Hesse (ANF)
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Browser: Update for V3 published (3.3.126)
Today an update for Voyager 3 was published. This is version 3.3.126 and is meant for m68k.
Download: v3_3_126_amigaos.lzx
Update 28.12.2002:
27.12.2002 Zapek: "I finally found some old and outdated setup where to
run V 68k and fixed the problem. It wasn't even my fault but SAS/C's
one :) I tweaked around with the optimization levels and a new version
is now available. Sorry for the inconvenience caused by the previous one."
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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27.Dec.2002
ANN
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TTEngine: ViewISO V1.0, TTManager V1.0
On December 27, 2002 Grzegorz Kraszewski published new software versions of TTEngine (display of
true type fonts). This engine is based upon the FreeType2-projekt
and is supported by e.g. fxPAINT and Hollywood.
- TTEngine-homepage updated.
- ViewISO V1.0 as a seperate archive published.
- TTManager V1.0 published.
Download:
(sd) (Translation: dr)
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27.Dec.2002
ANN
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GUI: Summary of MUI-classes by Jocke Sjöblom
Jocke Sjöblom has created a
website
which offers a summary of the MUI-classes and also the appropriated donwload links and links to the
homepages.
He tries to keep the list as up-to-date as possible and therefore also hopes that the users will
help him.
(sd) (Translation: dr)
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27.Dec.2002
amiga.org
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Virus Help Denmark: VirusZ III 0.9d
Already on December 24, 2002 Georg Hörmann published version 0.9d of the antivirus software called
'VirusZ III'. The following things have changed compared to version 0.9c:
- Fixed bug in the new snapshot function added in 0.9c, sorry!
- Added new snapshots sent by AmiS, Dario, Alexander Niven-Jenkins,
Rudolph Riedel, Chris Elliott, T.B., Gunnar Andersson and Andreas
Kürzinger. Thanks guys!
- Improved the code that checks if a given address is within valid
memory ranges. Thanks to AmiS for beta-testing.
- Added additional self-test that permanently checks VirusZ's code
for modifications.
- Finally added device-based sectorcheck! Please read the docs for
further information.
VirusZ runs on AmigaOS 2.04 and higher und requires:
- util/libs/ReqToolsUsr.lha
- util/virus/xvslibrary.lha
- util/pack/xfdmaster.lha
- util/arc/xadmaster.lha (recommended)
- util/libs/DisLib.lha (optional)
Download: VirusZ.lha (87 058 Bytes),
Readme
(sd) (Translation: dr)
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27.Dec.2002
amiga.org
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Mail/Newsreader: Microdot2 1.4.17 beta
On December 27th, 2002 the beta version 1.4.17 of the mail/newsreader called 'Microdot2 1.4.17' was
published for AmigaOS 68k and MorphOS.
Download:
(sd) (Translation: dr)
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27.Dec.2002
Ricco Clemens (E-Mail)
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Freespace "MultiplayerPack01" published
The "MultiplayerPack01" can be downloaded from the "Amiga Freespace" site. It contains five different
multi player missions. There is for instance a little Freespace "soccer game". Additionally the Freespace
download site has been updated. For instance you can now download a Freespace font.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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26.Dec.2002
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amiga-news.de: Netiquette Revised and Supplemented by FAQ
To clarify the purpose and spirit of amiga-news.de's "netiquette" rules Sven Drieling has completely revised them and expanded on a few
evidentiary points. A new development is the FAQ, which delves into some persistent questions about the proper use of the comment function.
We are asking all of our readers to take a few minutes to read the netiquette document (click on the title link). We are requesting that you
respect our guidelines. Through this we will be able to achieve improved commentary for all concerned. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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26.Dec.2002
Martin Steigerwald (E-Mail)
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Tools: BackupRexx V1.6 and ImageConvert V1.10
Martin Steigerwald has updated two of his tools, as a little Christmas present. His tool BackupRexx has reached version 1.6 and is ready to
be downloaded, same as ImageConvert version 1.10. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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26.Dec.2002
Andreas Weyrauch (A.W.Design) (ANF)
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Microsoft PocketPC Press Release incl. Amiga Inc.
I found the following press release (from 18th December, 2002) on the Microsoft website. It is on the new PocketPC and includes questions
and answers to and from Amiga Inc.'s Bill McEwen. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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25.Dec.2002
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)
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Andreas Falkenhahn: Merry Christmas
I wish all Amiga friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The
next year will bring some more products from me starting with the
Malibu plugin for Hollywood which enables Hollywood to display Scala
presentations.
(ps)
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25.Dec.2002
Martin Elsner (E-Mail)
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MRE Christmas edition - The world is not enough!
Nearly half a year has gone since the last big release, now it's time to
give you something to enjoy! ClassAction 4.50, StartMenu 1.30 and
ProcessManager 1.10 have some often asked useful and nice new features - I
don't want to add the whole list, here some details concerning ClassAction:
classes can be displayed as image, own screen possible, improved archive
handling, mousewheel support, optimization ...
Look on title link for a complete list of changes and all archives.
And with this little present for the community that still waits for real
"Amiga Christmas" (ChristmasOne and Christmas 4.0 ;) I add my best wishes:
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year full of new hardware and software! And
many thanks to the testers, translators and users who have done their best
to make this release possible!
(ps)
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25.Dec.2002
Merlancia Industries, Inc. (ANF)
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Merlancia.com server changes and temporary outages
For anyone attempting to access www.merlancia.com:
Please be informed that www.merlancia.com
will be temporarily down several times over the next few days while we consolidate
our server systems. Please use
www.merlanciausa.com in the
meanwhile. We apologise in advance for any inconvienence this may cause
you.
Happy holidays and new year.
-Merlancia Team- (ps)
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24.Dec.2002
IOSPIRIT (ANF)
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IOSPIRIT wishes a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
We wish all our customers, partners and friends a happy Christmas
time and a good start into 2003.
As a small Christmas gift, purchasers of fxPAINT 2.0 can now download
additional HTML-album skins by Nick Clover in our download center.
(ps)
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24.Dec.2002
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The amiga-news.de team wish you a Merry Christmas!
© 2002 by Rolf Tingler
ARABIC: Saiid yom al-milaad wa senat jadiida
ARMENIAN: Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
AZERI-AZERBAIJAN: Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
BASQUE: Zorionstsu Eguberri. Zoriontsu Berri Urte
BULGARIAN: Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo. Tchestita Nova Godina
CATALAN: Feliç nadal i bon any nou
CHINESE-CANTONESE: Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
CHINESE-MANDARIN: Kung Ho Hsin Hsi. Ching Chi Shen Tan
CZECH: Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
DANISH: Glædelig jul og godt nytår
DUTCH: Prettige Kerstdagen en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar
ENGLISH: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
ESTONIAN: Roomsaid Joulu Phui ja Uut Aastat
FINNISH: Hyvää Joulua. Onnellista Uutta Voutta
FRENCH: Joyeux Noel et heureuse Anne
GAELIC-IRISH: Nollaig mhaith Dhuit Agus Bliain Nua Fé Mhaise
GAELIC-SCOT: Nollaig Chridheil agus Bliadhna Mhath Ur
GERMAN: Frohe Weihnachten und einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr
GREEK: Kala Khristougena kai Eftikhes to Neon Ethos
HAWAIIAN: Mele Kalikimake me ka Hauloi Makahiki hou
HEBREW: Mo'adim Lesimkha
HUNGARIAN: Boldog Karacsonyl es Ujevl Unnepeket
ICELANDIC: Gledlig jol og Nyar
INDONESIAN: Selamah Tahun Baru
IRISH: Nollaig shona diobh
IROQUOIS: Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut
Ojenyunyat osrasay
ITALIAN: Buon Natale e felice Capo d'anno
JAPANESE: Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
KOREAN: Sung Tan Chuk Ha
LATVIAN: Priecigus Ziemas Svetkus un Laimigu Jauno Gadu
LITHUANIAN: linksmu sventu Kaledu ir Laimingu Nauju Metu
LUXEMBURGHISH: Schéin Chrëschtdeeg an dudden
Rutsch an d'néit Joer
MANX: Ollick Ghennal Erriu as Blein Feer Die
Seihil as Slaynt Da'n Slane Loght Thie
NORSE-DANISH: Gledlig jul og godt Nytt Aar
POLISH: Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia i szczesliwego
Nowego Roku
PORTUGUESE: Feliz Natal e prospero Ano Novo
RAPA-NUI (Easter Island): Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi
Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
ROMANIAN: Sarbatori Fericite. La Multi Ani
RUSSIAN: Pozdrevly ayu sprazdnikom Rozhdestva Khristova
is Novim Godom
UKRANIAN: Veselykh Svyat i scaslivoho Novoho Roku
SAMOAN: La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
SLOVAK: Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
SERB-CROATIAN:Sretam Bozic. Vesela Nova Godina
SINGHALESE (Ceylon/Sri Lanka): Subha nath thalak Vewa
Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
SLOVENE: Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto
SPANISH: Feliz Navidad y prospero Ano Nuevo
SWEDISH: God Jul och ett Gott Nytt År
TAGALOG (Filipino): Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon
TURKISH: Yeni yiliniz kutlu olsun
WELSH: Nadolic Llawen. Blwyddn Newdd Dda (ps)
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23.Dec.2002
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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Amiga-Mediaplayer Preview 2
Carsten Siegner released the second preview of his 'Amiga-Mediaplayer'. This version supports AmithlonTV and lets you zap between seven different TV programs.
Download: Mediaplayer-2-4.lzx
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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23.Dec.2002
YAM
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Mail program: New YAM developer version of 21-Dec-2002
Since December 21st, 2002 a new developer version 2.4-dev [020]
BETA of the mail program YAM, which has become open source in the meantime, is now available.
This version is just a developer version, which possibly still contains quite a number of bugs, and for which no warranty and support will be offered by the developer team. Inquiries to developer versions by email remain likewise unanswered. Use it on own danger!
The changes made in the meantime can can be found in this document. Further information
is availabe at the Yamos on SourceForge
page.
Download: YAM24Dev.lzx
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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23.Dec.2002
Cloanto (ANF)
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Amiga Forever 5.1 Released
Cloanto released today version 5.1 of
Amiga Forever, the official Amiga
emulation and connectivity package for PCs. New features include improved
emulation components, new Amiga and Windows software (e.g. new Software Manager,
Amiga Explorer, ReqTools, support libraries, etc.) and updated documentation and
help files. For the first time since 1991, when the Amiga Narrator and
Translator speech synthesis components were discontinued by Commodore (who
reportedly was not willing to continue to pay a $1 per unit royalty), this
software, which was part of the multimedia features which inspired several
enthusiasts to buy an Amiga computer, is again available with the Amiga OS.
Amiga Forever 5.1 includes both the original and fully licensed speech software
in the preinstalled 1.3 configuration and a newer custom setup in the 3.1 ROM
environment. As for all Amiga sound output, the emulation makes it possible to
save the digital data, so as to preserve forever (maybe for use on an answering
machine?) the original accent made famous by various
This is Amiga Speaking
demos.
Amiga Forever 5.1 runs on all Windows systems with
DirectX 8 or higher (DirectX 9
has just been released by Microsoft). A cross-platform edition is available for
Linux users. The downloadable versions costs $29.95, while a CD-ROM version,
which includes additional Amiga ROM and OS files of historical interest (e.g.
Amiga OS 1.0) and more than three hours of video footage in MPEG format, is
available for $59.95. Upgrades are also available now. A free update from
version 5.0 to version 5.1 will be available for Christmas. In the meantime, the
Frequently Asked Questions
(FAQ) section at amigaforever.com has been reorganized and updated, and includes
up-to-date information and tips concerning Amiga emulation, data preservation
and cross-platform connectivity.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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23.Dec.2002
zErec (ANF)
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New 68k RTG port of ScummVM, version 0.3.0b (December 2002)
Based on the current MorphOS sources a new port of the popular "Scumm
Virtual Machine" was published (Aminet) for 68k Amigas (also for 68k-emulators like
WinUAE, Amithlon, etc.).
ScummVM is an open source implementation of the S.C.U.M.M. system of LucasArts, which processes the data files of games like 'Maniac Mansion'.
Download: ScummVM68k.lha
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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23.Dec.2002
Rudolph Riedel (E-Mail)
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File manager: Disk master version 2.5RC6
Rudolph Riedel:
I just uploaded disk master 2.5RC6 on my homepage. This version contains only bug fixes and no new features. Details can be found in the Readme, which is contained in the archives, too:
DM2beta.zip.
I would like to know if DM2 can be used under MorphOS, too.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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22.Dec.2002
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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Audio: First SID driver for Catweasel
Jens Schönfeld writes:
Dirk 'Doj' Jagdmann has released the first version of a Linux driver that supports
the SID and the joystick ports of the Catweasel MK3 PCI/Flipper. Now he's looking
for experts in patching existing software like emulators or SID-players. The driver
with source codes and the author's contact information can be found on his website:
http://llg.cubic.org/cw/.
(sd)
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22.Dec.2002
Amiga Future
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play!Amiga: Review of Software Tycoon, new column, Charts update
21st December 2002: After a long(ish) pause, Jürgen A. Theiner has updated the
pages of the German language online magazine 'play!Amiga'.
A review of the economic simulation 'Software Tycoon' has been added. In the
new column he explains why nothing has happened on the pages for so long and
what will be introduced in the near future. Furthermore the charts have been
updated.
The individual texts are accessible through the title link.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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22.Dec.2002
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: New raffle, Amiga in agriculture, Updates
On the Amiga Future home page there is a new raffle on the FAQ, an article about
utilising the Amiga in agriculture and further updates.
Raffle
In support of Thomas' FAQ
on the Amiga Future home page there is a new
raffle.
Andreas Magerl writes:
"Surely everyone of you has at one time or another had a problem with the Amiga
and hopefully that problem has somehow been solved.
Now we want to have your problem solutions to make them available to other
users in the FAQ.
As a small incentive for that, again there's something to be won.
Among all participants the following prices will be rafled:
- 1 x Wendetta 2175
- 1 x Shogo
Amiga in agriculture
A small article
about the utilisation of the Amiga in agriculture has been sent to Amiga
Future. The article can be found in the articles area of the Amiga Future home
page.
Updates
Furthermore the Cheats and Links on the home page have been updated.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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22.Dec.2002
Amiga Future
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Library: render.library V40.3
21nd December 2002: Tim S. Müller has released beta version 40.3 of the
render.library. This version contains small improvements:
- Output for the HAM8 mode was not exact and should now have been corrected.
- A missing semaphore assign has been added.
- Minor cleanup.
The library runs from AmigaOS V2.04 (V37) and CPU 68020 with 68881.
Additionally there is also a version for MorphOS available.
Download: renderlib.lha (139K),
Readme
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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22.Dec.2002
WinUAE
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Emulator: WinUAE V0.8.22 Release 4
22nd December 2002: Version 0.8.22 Release 4 of the Amiga emulator 'WinUAE' for
Windows has been released. Changes compared to the previous version:
- changing joystick options in ports-tab caused joystick to
not respond in some cases
- bad performance on laptops with power saving enabled
- mouse handling updates
- RDB SmartFileSystem 1.58 (and older?) crash fixed
- more filesystem bug fixes
- uaescsi.device reset crash on Win9x
- some games had problems detecting slow ram (for example Lotus 3), fixed
- MIDI SYSEX buffer overflows fixed
- sound timing always defaulted back to PAL when WinUAE lost or gained focus,
fixed
- more ALT-TAB switching problems fixed
New feature:
- improved FPS counter
- filesystem notification (ACTION_ADD_NOTIFY, ACTION_REMOVE_NOTIFY)
support added and more..
- CD-led is lit when CD32 audio track is playing
- new keyboard shortcuts: PAUSE-pause emulation, PAUSE+END-turbo speed
- CAPS-image support (www.caps-project.org)
- Catweasel MK3 support (joystick ports, keyboard and Zorro2-board emulation
for multidisk.device)
Card base address must be manually added to configuration file
(catweasel_io=0x????). This will be fixed when real driver supporting
all Catweasel features is available.
- 1.5MB slow RAM support
WinUAE versions from V0.8.22R2 require DirectX 8.0 or newer.
Download:
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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22.Dec.2002
ANN
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Emulator: A/NES CGFX V1.30 Beta 1
20th December 2002: Version 1.30 Beta 1 of the NES-Emulator 'A/NES CGFX' for
Amiga computers with gfx card and CyberGraphX has been released. This version
contains support for NSF music files and a rewritten DPCM code (sound output),
which, according to the developers, is now very exact compared to the previous
version. Furthermore the installer has been changed a little.
This beta version runs on Amigas with CPU 68020+ plus gfx card with
CyberGraphX. Picasso96 support is currently not working.
Download: anescgfxbeta.lha (115K)
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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22.Dec.2002
ANN
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Event: Genesi on the CeBIT Australia 2003
A.Scott Pringle of Boing! International reports on
ANN
that Genesi (Pegasos computer) will attend the CeBIT Australia
which will take place from 6th to 8th May 2003 in Sydney.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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22.Dec.2002
Steffen Häuser (ANF)
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New Quake2 mods
Two new mods are downloadable on the Amiga Quake2 page:
- WarMod for PPC
- Asssault for PPC
- As well as an archive with a whole number of mods recompiled for 68k, you
still need the PPC archives and have to install the 68k mods over them. You can
use the 68k version's installer which does it automatically (if you add the
directory containing the 68k mod archives with "assign Mods: ... add" the
installation should work).
Steffen Häuser
Hyperion Entertainment
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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22.Dec.2002
Andreas Weyrauch (A.W.Design) (ANF)
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Handy: AmigaOS4 theme fo Sony/Ericsson handy
Andreas Weyrauch (A.W.Design) has created an AmigaOS4 theme for the
Sony/Ericsson T68i and T300 handies. This can be downloaded from the Web site
under the category handy themes.
Additionally, there are two screenshots of the themes as previews on the page.
Furthermore, he is wishing the Amiga-News Team and the Amiga community merry Christmas days and a Happy New Year.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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22.Dec.2002
amiga.org
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Magazin: The Crypt #27
Issue #27 of the online magazine 'The Crypt' has been published. This issue is
titled 'Candles and Crackers'.
In 'Is music Retail dead?' Russ Grainger of Music Zone speaks out on whether
the music industry is endagered by downloads.
On the issue of computers there are a.o. the following articles included:
'PageStream 4', 'Naturally speaking', 'Open Office' and 'Cloanto's Amiga
Forever'.
Befitting the season, there are recipes, stories and comics.
Plus many more articles.
The magazine can be read online over the
WWW and is available for download as
HTML version.
Download: Online27.zip
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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22.Dec.2002
Sjoerd de Vries (ANF)
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DTP: PageStream V4.1.5
21st December 2002: Grasshopper LLC has released the initial version 4.1.5 of
the DTP program 'PageStream' for Amiga computers.
This update is available via download to registered users on the
Grasshopper LLC Web site. This
update initially contains only the new files until the test of the package will
have been completed.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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22.Dec.2002
(ANF)
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Update of Amiga-G-Rex home page
The pages of the Amiga-G-Rex home page have undergone some small re-design and
been expanded. Thus, as of today, you will also find a users corner with
wallpapers, CGXBootPics and GlowIcons as well as a user gallery.
We are herewith wishing everyone a peaceful and blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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22.Dec.2002
Steffen Häuser (ANF)
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Game: Quake2 update available
Hyperion Entertainment are pleased to be able to announce that as of today an
update of Quake2 is available. Registered users can download an improved PPC
version as well as a highly optimised 68k version (68060 and 3D card required,
results in software redering on emulators may vary - depending on emulator and
computer).
The update introduces further optimisations, a transparent Quake2 console, an
fps counter for the GL renderer, and furthermore it fixes two problems in the
Savegame code.
We hope that you are happy about this precipitate Christmas present and thank
all our customers for their support this year.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our customers and fans.
Steffen Häuser
Hyperion Entertainment
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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21.Dec.2002
Christoph Kimna (E-Mail)
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Amiga & Home Banking: Survey
Christoph Kimna writes:
Inspired by yesterday's report BTX/CEPT Entry Altered I put together in the last few
hours a table with the Amiga browsers and the 17 largest banks in which the facts should be entered. You may click on the title link to reach
this table.
Mails may be sent to banking@def-con.net; I will configure and reconfigure the table.
Also under the title link one may reach the threateningly-named "Napalm Attack Page," which unfortunately hasn't been kept current over the
last few years, but will be sometime :-). NAP:
http://www.def-con.net/index.html
(intentionally disabled for MS browsers). (ps) (Translation: dm)
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21.Dec.2002
ANN
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3D Realms: Source Code of ROTT Released Under GPL
The software firm 3D Realms has publically released the source code of the 3D action game "Rise of the Triad" under GPL. A porting to other
systems is therefore only as far off as the processing power is limited. You'll find more information about this game
here.
Download: rottsource.zip (ps) (Translation: dm)
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20.Dec.2002
Achim Klopsch (ANF)
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BTX/CEPT access changed
T-Online has changed its access to the old services. For Windwos there is an upgrade available.
Unfortunately Multiterm 5 does not manage with the changed protocol and reports a socket error.
So the comfortable online-banking with the Amiga has an end. Or does anybody have a solution for this
problem?
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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20.Dec.2002
Thomas Unger (E-Mail)
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The Kickstart Archives Version 2.0.2
Thomas Unger wrote:
THE KICKSTART ARCHIVES - 1 GB PURE AMIGA STUFF
The 2-CD-set is available in version 2.0.2.
THE KICKSTART ARCHIVES is completely based upon HTML and thus can be read on each hardware
and under each operating system. Many sections have been updated. The sections support and advertising
have been widely extended. Design and navigation have been revised.
- revised: Amiga History by Amiga Auckland, Inc (06/10/2002)
- updated: AMIGA Troubleshooting and Fixes
- updated: Guides'n'Setups
- Commodore A2091 User's Guide (PDF)
- Amiga 500 Service Manual (PDF)
- Amiga 500 REV5,6A,7 Schematics (PDF)
- Board A2000A Service Manual (PDF)
- Board A2000 REV6 Schematics (PDF)
- Board A2000CR Service Manual (PDF)
- Board B2000 REV2 Schematics (PDF)
- Board A2000CR REV6 Service Manual (PDF)
- 3,5'' Disk Drives Service Manual (PDF)
- Eltec Power Supply Service Manual (PDF)
- Keyboard Service Manual (PDF)
- updated: AMIGA Advertising Efforts
- Advertisings by Bo Zimmerman and S?ren Ladegaard
- updated: LexSite by Alex Lupták (06/12/2002)
- updated: The Big Book of Amiga Hardware by Ian Chapman (15/12/2002)
A special thank to Jörg Karisch who has scanned the A500 service manuals and to Alex Lupták (LexSite)
who has created a HTML-version of his hardware guide based upon mySQL especially for the Kickstart
Archives as well as to S?ren Ladegaard (Commodore Billboard) and Bo Zimmerman (Zimmers.net) who
have made their extensive archives of advertising materials available to us.
The 2-CD-set costs EUR or USD 10,- (update EUR or USD 5,-) plus porto. For users who order for the first
time until January 10, 2003 have not to pay porto.
I wish all readers a Merry Christmas as well as a good start in 2003.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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20.Dec.2002
Binary Distillery
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Tim S. Müller: render.library V40.1
On the website of Tim S. Müller there is version 40.1 of the render.library.
You will find further information under the title link.
Download: renderlib.lha
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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20.Dec.2002
Peter Sander (ANF)
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AS-Webshop: Holidays and Christmas greetings
Dear Amiga-community,
from December 21, 2002 until January 5, 2003 the AS-WebShop will take its holidays.
We wish all Amigia users a Merry Christmas and a happy new year 2003!
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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19.Dec.2002
Mariusz Wloczysiak (E-Mail)
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Elbox: Mediator Multimedia CD UP 1.21
The Mediator Multimedia CD UP 1.21 update for users of Mediator
PCI 3/4000T, Mediator PCI 4000D, Mediator PCI 4000Di, Mediator PCI
4000, Mediator PCI 3000D, Mediator PCI 1200 SX, Mediator PCI 1200
and Mediator PCI ZIV, who are registered owners of the Mediator
Multimedia CD has been released today.
The update includes the new versions of:
- sb128.audio
- tv.library
- FastEthernet.device
Changes were made as follows:
sb128.audio driver ver. 4.8
- AHIsub_GetAttr function corrected (necessary for Audio Evolution),
tv.library ver. 1.14
- activation of the S-Video input chroma decoder,
FastEthernet.device ver. 1.8
- initialization sequence corrected.
Info on the current versions is available in the DOWNLOADS | Mediator section.
(ps)
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19.Dec.2002
Martin Merz (ANF)
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New MasonIcons Homepage and new archives
A brand new homepage...
The new MasonIcons homepage is up and running.
Please report any problems.
...and five new archives.
- tableMI - a GlowIcons toolbar for TablePlug
- uaeappMI - GlowIcons for UAE-App
- vpcleanMI - a nice theme for VisualPrefs
- vpmacMI - a Apple theme for VisualPrefs
- vpsapMI - a theme based on SAP for VisualPrefs
Merry Xmas and a happy New Year!
(ps)
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19.Dec.2002
Michael Klein (ANF)
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CD32 Alliance Website with Update and Its Own Domain
After a long pause but just in time for a long cold winter, here's a haven of good news. Namely talking and writing about 56 (1) new cover scans, two game tests and a lot more that has been uploaded for you. Thanks to DJBase we not only have enough webspace, but we also have our own domain! A big thanks and have fun playing! (ps) (Translation: dm)
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19.Dec.2002
Stefan Ruppert (ANF)
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Stefan Ruppert: New Adocify Tool v. 40.2 and News
Stefan Ruppert writes:
Adocify is a tool to manipulate developer documentation in AutoDoc and HTML format, especially for sourcecode written in C. The integration of document fragments from C header data of macro and structural definitions is made possible.
News:
- Shareware fee payable through PayPal
Since yesterday I've had a functioning PayPal Account. So now there is an easy way to pay the shareware fees over the Internet.
- Action Pay Feature
This action allows the user to, after a previous consultation for reasons of practicality, "purchase" a new feature [he will code the feature you request into one of his programs. -DM].
- Amiga98 St. Louis lectures online
I have uploaded my seminars that I made at Amiga '98 in St. Louis.
- Using the AmigaOS-Datatypes-System (datatypes.library programming)
- Developing an AmigaOS-Datatype
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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19.Dec.2002
ANN
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New Ports from dcr85020 on amiga.sf.net
Under the title link you'll find an array of programs that have been ported to the Amiga by Diego Casorran. Not all of them have been thoroughly tested by him. If you have any problems, just send an email to
dcr8520_at_amiga.org.
Diego wishes all users a happy Christmas and good New Year. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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19.Dec.2002
Thomas Steiding (E-Mail)
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MorphOS: Birdie Shoot goes Gold, Knights&Merchants in beta testing
Arcade fun shooter "Birdie Shoot" has gone gold for the Pegasos/MorphOS. New
MorphOS users will soon be able to take part in the addictive digital hunt
for all sorts of crazy Birds that takes place in 4 great levels. Best of
all: Birdie Shoot comes free with the new operating system MorphOS.
Our next game for the Pegasos/MorphOS will be "Knights&Merchants". The
800x600 version of this great empire builder has already been demonstrated
at the ARC in Aachen earlier this month. Now in the final stages of
betatesting are both versions of the game including the 1024x768 version of
"Knights & Merchants".
More information on both these titles can be found in the Projects section
of our homepage. (ps)
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19.Dec.2002
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Genesi Debuts at CES 2003 in Las Vegas
Genesi debuts at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2003) in Las Vegas USA from the 9th through 12th of January, 2003. Genesi is at stand #29101 in the
"Break-Through Technologies: Home Networking, IT & Wireless" Pavilion.
They plan to show the Pegasos with MorphOS as well as the "Pega-shush", a home-server and entertainment version of the Pegasos that makes use of the IEEE-Standard 802.11b for wireless LANs. Outside of that they will demonstrate the Eclipsis video telephone software on a handheld computer. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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19.Dec.2002
Aseq (ANF)
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Audio: Aseq needs beta testers
Aseq needs beta testers, to test the forthcoming beta release, expected
early 2003. Please contact aseq@xs4all.nl
if you are interested. There are no minimum requirements for the system
as of now, except you need AmigaOS 3.1 or higher. And a midi setup would
be a handy addition, but not necessary.
Also you can now donate using the button on the site. It will entitle you
to a discount of 45% when you buy Aseq. The site has been updated and a
news section has been added. (ps)
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19.Dec.2002
Michael Böhmer (ANF)
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Boot ROM for HIGHWAY / New Edition of HIGHWAY
Because of the large number of inquiries about a boot ROM for the HIGHWAY Zorro slot USB controller E3B is planning the production of a corresponding expansion module. Also because of these inquiries a new edition of HIGHWAY is under consideration. We want to continually improve our products according to the desires of our customers, so we give them and other interested parties the opportunity to input their suggestions and urgings.
So let us know what you want. :)
In accordance with this we have established a polling webpage, on which we welcome your numerous, positive suggestions!
Responses from an active community are very important for us as developers in the classic Amiga market. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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18.Dec.2002
AMIGAplus
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Zeoneos Crossword Evolution for Microsoft PocketPak for PocketPC
AMIGAplus writes:
»
Since the introduction of the device independent AmigaDE in June 2000 Zeoneo seems to be a pioneer for game development for this new and
fascinating platform. Now as the Premier Content Partner of Amiga Zeoneo introduces content in the kind of high quality games for the AmigaDE compatible Microsoft products PocketPC and Smartphone.
As a part of the Microsoft holiday promotion for PocketPC devices the puzzle game "Crossword Evolution" by Zeoneo is included as demo at the "Microsoft PocketPak for PocketPC". Provided on a ROM card this is usable with every PocketPC-2002 compatible device with a SD/MM slot and is available at CompUSA and other dealers in North America. Full versions of all Zeoneo products will be available at all known dealers worldwide soon.« (ps) (Translation: ub)
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18.Dec.2002
Arkadiusz [Yak] Wahlig
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Window management: DepthMenu Version 2.40
The Polish programmer Arkadiusz [Yak] Wahlig has released version 2.40 of his
program 'DepthMenu'. With this program opened windows on your Workbench can be managed, minimized, maximized etc.
New with this version is the availability of the Software Developer Kits
(SDK) which gives C programmers the possibility to create own enhancements of DepthMenu. The developed (freeware) moduls might be send to the author so he can publish theses at his website at the modul area.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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18.Dec.2002
Amiga Society
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Amiga Society: BBoAH and LBoAS updated
Amiga Society has updated the "Big Book of Amiga Hardware" (BBoAH) as well as the "Little Book of Amiga Software" (LBoAS).
Additionally Horst Diebel made a statement regarding "Schlachtfeld":
"After some people gave up Schlachtfeld already here is a brief statement:
It is correct that we actually are at some kind of a dead point. There are one/two errors which simply seem to don't want to be found for any reason.
And additionally we don't have that much time - so solving this problem will not be too soon. In parallel we develop the new Amiga map editor for the new Schlachtfeld firstly. For the weekend I am looking forward to publish some new pictures - actually a playable demo can't be published yet - unfortunately!"
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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18.Dec.2002
Martin Kuchinka
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Programming language: TextEditor.mcc modul for 'PowerD' updated
For the programming language 'PowerD' an updated Text.Editor.mcc modul by Miklos Nemeth has been released.
Download: dmcc_texteditor.lzx (ps) (Translation: ub)
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18.Dec.2002
Dieter Groppé
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Tool: MCP version 1.41
The shareware multi function tool MCP ("MasterControlProgram") by Dieter
Groppé is ready for download in version 1.41. There is a pure update archive available which requires an installation of version 1.40 and a complete archive.
What's new with this version?
- 2 new functions: Logfile and window menu
- Many bugfixes
- Enhanced functions for the NoGuru patch
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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18.Dec.2002
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: Test Deathbed DVD
On the Amiga Future website today was released an English review from the
DVD "The Deathbed Vigil and other Tales of Digital Angst".
(ps)
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17.Dec.2002
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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News from Merlancia (Update)
Update 22.12.2002:
I have completely removed the text and corresponding links of this report,
because it became clear through telephone calls and emails that it was not
[fully] about a news matter, but about a private conflict that has no
business being publically aired.
(ps)
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17.Dec.2002
AMIGAplus
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GoldED Studio AIX: Service Pack 6 with PGP function
Dietmar Eilert has released Service Pack 6 for GoldED for registered users. Also Phil Zimmermanns "Pretty Good Privacy 5.0
International" has been integrated as Add-On in GoldED.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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17.Dec.2002
Patrick Jung (ANF)
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All of Amithlon
New zone of downloading for Amithlon. The whole of the utilities
concerning Amiga x86 on the site of Amigabest.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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17.Dec.2002
Achim Stegemann (ANF)
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Astronomie: Digital Almanac III V5.0 available
After months of development the new version of the astronomy program Digital Almanac III has been finished.
In the moment only the German version is available. Because of the enormous amount of data the new version is only on CD-ROM available.
About 30 MB of new data has been added. The sidegrade price for registered users will be 10 EUR.
Some CD-ROMs of V5.0 have been delivered, but without German documentation. This can be downloaded from the homepage.
The English version will be delivered later, because the documentation will be finished soon.
New features:
- Leaner program
- New clear GUI layout
- Integration of Tyco-2 and GSC-2 star catalogue via Internet
- "Digitized Sky Survey"
- More online information from different object classes available
- Integration of Hertzsprung-Russell-diagram for spectralanalysis of stars
- Integration of the Hipparchos star catalogue as cross index
- Integration of the "Virtual Moon Atlas" (25 MB data)
- Integration of the Jupiter satellites J6-J13
- and many more...
This is the last version of DA III. It is based upon OS3.9 and needs a gfx-board and a lot of RAM. AGA will not be supported any more.
The last version for smaller Amigas and AGA users is V4.8.
All Amiga CPUs from 68020/FPU up to 68060 and PPC are supported. It also runs with WinUAE, AmigaXL and Amithlon.
Have fun with the new version
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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16.Dec.2002
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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Catweasel Software Updates
The Windows drivers for the PC-versions of the Catweasel controller
(ISA and the new MK3 PCI/Flipper versions) have been updated. The
most important change is the support for C64-disks, minor bugs have
been fixed in the diskimage-tool. The new combination of programs
also breaks a small record: A C64-disk is read completely in slightly
more than 9 seconds. The archive also contains some textfiles for
programmers who want to take advantage of the interfaces or the
SID of the controller.
Download: cw_win_pci.zip (115 KB)
The Linux drivers have also been adapted to the MK3 PCI/Flipper version.
Closer information about this can be found on
Michael 'Rawstyle' Krause's website.
Tim Mann has also adapted his cw2dmk tool to the new controller.
DMK is a file format used by TRS-80 emulator programs. Find out
more here.
(ps)
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16.Dec.2002
Timo Kloss (ANF)
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New audio tool: RecRepair
RecRepair is a hd-based audio processing program, which was developed
to remove interferences manually from recordings. It is probably the fastest and simplest program for this
purpose. RecRepair is Freeware.
Prerequisites:
- AmigaOS 2.0
- AHI 4
- 2 MB RAM
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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16.Dec.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Games Edition 2002 available
Amiga Arena - Games Edition 2002 available
After the CD "Amiga Arena - Games Edition 2002" was presented for the
first time at the "AMIGA + Retro Computing 2002", it is now available.
The game will be distributed by "Fun Time World" for only 10,- EUR +
shipment.
Selling and sales:
Fun Time World c/o Sebastian Brylka
Belforter Str. 75
45884 Gelsenkirchen
Tel.: 0172/828893
E-Mail - WWW
Additional information is available at the title link.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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16.Dec.2002
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: Test "Der Reeder"
Today a test report of "Der Reeder" was published on the Amiga Future homepage in the article area (see title link). Thanks to
Stefan Juhas for the article.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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16.Dec.2002
IOSPIRIT (ANF)
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VHI Studio 6.0 available
While VHI Studio 6.0 already was available at the Amiga+Retro Computing 2002, it is now also regularly available as download- and package-version. Furthermore, you can now order an update from version 4.x/5.x and VLRec (NG).
New features since the last version include support for AmithlonTV by Guido Mersmann and a filesystem-driver specialised in USB-cardreaders (under Poseidon).
Customers buying version 6.0 will get free access to all future 6.x versions via Internet.
(ps)
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15.Dec.2002
Martin Kuchinka's home page
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PowerD: XVS module
On 15th December 2002, Michel Bagmeijer has released the developers kit for the
xvs.library for the programming language 'PowerD'.
Furthermore, the 'dmod_ahi.readme' has been corrected. Michel Bagmeijer had
been forgotten in the credits.
Download: dmod_xvs.lzx (3K),
Readme (sd) (Translation: cb)
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15.Dec.2002
Heise (ANF)
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CT: AmigaOne, Pegasos and C-One in C't processor whisperings
In the C't prozessor whisperings of the current C't issue 26/2002 there are a
couple of lines each about the
AmigaOne, Pegasos and C-One.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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15.Dec.2002
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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ARC2002: Thank you to all visitors and exhibitors
Jens Schönfeld writes:
"The show is over, but the work continues, which proves the success of
the event. The fair team of individual Computers says thank you to all
visitors and exhibitors who made the last weekend so successful.
Many pictures have already been published on the Amiga news sites, a
complete coverage of the fair will be
published in the next issue of the German
Amiga-Magazin.
Our congratulations go to bplan GmbH and Chris Hodges, who received
the Amiga Award 2002 for their Pegasos mainboard, and the Poseidon USB stack,
respectively. We're looking forward to seeing everyone again at the next event of
this kind!"
(sd)
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15.Dec.2002
MorphOS-News.de
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WWW: Privoxy V3.0.0 for MorphOS
Jörg Strohmayer has released version 3.0.0 of his MorphOS port of the WWW proxy
'Privoxy'.
This is a multiuser proxy with extended filter features to protect your own
private sphere, filter Web contents, manage cookies, control access and
filter out adverts, banners, pop-ups and other unwanted contents.
As this is Jörg Strohmayer's first program for MorphOS/PPC, and he has no
developers documentation about MorphOS, and the public MorphOS GCC archives are
incomplete (parts of libnix are missing), he is asking to send bug reports directly to him by eMail
(joergs+mn@expires-2002-12-31.nexgo.de)
and not use the bug tracker at Sourceforge, except if the bug is also present in
the AmigaOS/m68k port.
Download: privoxy-3.0.0-mos.lha (497K)
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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15.Dec.2002
GFX-BASE
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Game: Payback for Windows/Linux - Status report #2
On 15th December 2002, James Daniels (Apex Design) has published the second
status report about the Windows/Linux versions of his GTA like game 'Payback',
which had first appeared for Amiga computers.
Work on the software and hardware renderers has been completed -
including full scene antialiasing and support for higher resolutions in hardware mode. Screenshots have been published on above Web site.
Next up in development are refinements as well as new features like LAN
support.
The full report is accessible through the title link.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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15.Dec.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Full version - Scorched Tanks V1.90
With permission from the artillery game Scorched Tanks' developer Michael Welch
(Ex Dark Unicorn Productions member), Amiga Arena releases the full version of
'Scorched Tanks V1.90' for free download.
Olaf Köbnik writes:
'Special thanks go to Markus "Commonaut" Rink, who made this full version
possible and provided it to Amiga Arena.'
The game can be found on the Amiga Arena-Website under 'Vollversionen/Amiga Arena Games'.
Download: STanks.lha (490K)
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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15.Dec.2002
(ANF)
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Hardware: IBMs PowerPC 970 & Mai Logic Northbridges
In the December PowerPC newsletter, IBM has announced some news about the PowerPC 970.
According to it, the 'Power4' Server CPU's desktop descendant is to come with a vector unit which is compatible to Motorola's PowerPC 74xx's (PowerPC G4) AltiVec unit.
Among further features of the up to 1.8 GHz clockable Power PC 970 is the up to 900MHz fast processor interface which facilitates transfer rates of up to 6.4 GByte to the Northbridge.
Furthermore, the 64bit PowerPC 970 is said to also execute 32bit applications on the same performance level and in native mode.
32bit operating systems should be able to utilise the full performance of the PowerPC 970 CPU's 32bit mode with only small updates.
The first samples should be shipped to developers in the 2nd quarter of 2003.
Articia Northbridges:
The Articia-Northbridge's next generations are to be shipped to developers in the 1st quarter of 2003 (the 'Articia S' used in AmigaOne and Pegasos has been listed for comparison):
Articia S : 133 MHz Prozessorbus, 133 MHz SDRam, 2xAGP, 32-Bit PCI
Articia Sa: 166 MHz Prozessorbus, 333 MHz DDR-SDRam, 2xAGP, 64-Bit PCIX
Articia P: 166 MHz Prozessorbus, 333 MHz DDR-SDRam, 4xAGP, 64-Bit PCIX
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15.Dec.2002
Halvadjian Georges (ANF)
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Paint program: PerfectPaint V2.9
On 15th December 2002, Halvadjian Georges has released version 2.9 of the paint
program 'PerfectPaint'. Changes compared to the previous version as follows:
- New paint effect: TV-Lace including ARexx command.
- Improved text functions:
- PerfectPaint now supports TrueType character sets with the help of ttengine.library.
- Two new buttons:
- 'Select Character': Useful for Dingbats character sets (symbols).
- 'Font-Path-History'
- The Requester menu has two additional entries: 'Upper text' and 'Lower text'
- Small update of 'Lensflare' script.
- New, asynchroneous window: Undo/Redo. With this you can jump from one step of a picture to another.
- Some bug fixes.
- 'Size Presets' have been added to 'New' and 'Scale page' requesters.
- AutoCrop (including 'crop' requester).
- PerfectPaint automatically recognises:
- PGM pictures and loads these.
- Postscript (PS) and PDF files and tries to load them with the help of GhostScript (Postscript/PDF viewer).
- Improved text effect 'Azzaro'.
- Two new text effects: 'Water' and 'River'.
- Imporved window history.
- Bug fix in connection with the Picbrush tool and very large pictures.
- 5 new tooltypes:
- SCREEN_ID
- SCREEN_WIDTH
- SCREEN_HEIGHT
- SCREEN_DEPTH
On some computers the startup or screenmode requesters isn't opened for unknown reasons.
With this you can still apply your settings.
- CYBERGRAPHX: Forces PerfectPaint to recognise CybergraphX.
- Border&Edge limited to 24bit pictures.
- Improved 'Compose' requester.
- New entry in Picture menu: 'Crop & Paste'.
- Improved 'Adjust levels', now with adjustable tolerance.
PerfectPaint runs from 68030 + FPU, AmigaOS V3.0, Gfx card (Cybergraphx from V41 R71 or Picasso96)
and requires the following libraries: Render.library, Jpeg.library, XPKmaster.library,
AsyncIO.library as well as ttengine.library.
Download links for these libraries are available through the title link on the program's home page.
Download: PfPaint_V29.lha
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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14.Dec.2002
VHT / Jan & Charlene
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Antivirus program: Mill version 0.81
Zbigniew Trzcionkowski has just released a new update of his new
antivirus program "Mill". Here is some info about the new update:
- Name: Mill
- Version: 0.81
- Archive name: Mill.lha
- Archive size: 203.004 bytes (lha packed)
- Release date: 15. December 2002
- Programmer: Zbigniew Trzcionkowski - zeeball@interia.pl
- Requires: OS37+, asl38+, locale, xvs, xfd, xad etc.
You can find the new update at Virus Help Team's websites:
Canada: http://vht-can.shadow-realm.org/
Denmark: http://www.vht-dk.dk (ps)
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14.Dec.2002
Maxworld
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Financial tool: HomeBank version 2.1 (beta)
The financial tool HomeBank has been released on December, 2nd 2002 in version 2.1.
The new public release of your Amiga favourite financial tool!! This is a
minor update to fix some little (but annoying) problems and with adding
of little features. As usual see the changes file for a complete
description of changes.
Download: HomeBank21beta.lha
(ps)
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14.Dec.2002
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: new poll & poll results
On the homepage of the Amiga Future have today the results of the latest poll been released (Will you visit the fair?). Right now there's a poll running asking for your favourite browser. The poll will be closed soon. It would be great if as many users as possible would participate.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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14.Dec.2002
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Pegasos: Linux installation guide
Under the title link has Nicolas prepared an English installation guide for Linux on the Pegasos.
However, users boards will come with a Debian distribution bootable from CD together with MacOnLinux next to MorphOS.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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14.Dec.2002
Amiforce (ANF)
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Abakus-Design: AMHuhnXE finished (update II)
AmHuhnXE
AMHuhnXE has been finished and will be made available in the next few days for all registered users. The sending of the accounts will be started today. Because of the change to 16bit samples is the archive much bigger than the one of AMHuhn. It's around 8.8 MB in size.
AMHuhn1.2 (update)
There's a small update for AMHuhn fixing a bug in the highscores. The GFX update will be moved into this update and it will be made available for all.
Update:
The update is now available and contains the GFX update. The enhanced guides are in the archive, too. The first 150 accounts of AMHuhnXE have already been sent. All other people will get their copy at latest on Monday or Tuesday.
Update II:
All accounts have been sent. People who have unfortunately received more than one mail please delete the further mails.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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13.Dec.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Interview with Thomas Schulze/Dreamworlds (CrossfireII)
The Amiga market may be small but sometimes the Amiga users are surprised by publications of
hardware or software products who had nobody expected.
"Crossfire II" is one of these products. After a developing time of more than two and half a year where
the team had to fight against breaks and loss of data the full version of the game was published
on the "Amiga + Retro Computing 2002" in Aachen.
People who like the classical 2d shooters will love it because today this genre of game has almost
vanished.
"Crossfire II" is not only a simple shooting game but has various players modes and the single player
"story mode" where you have to face up single tasks as a pilot.
Please read the interview with the
developer "Thomas Schulze" from Dreamworlds what you can expect of "Crossfire II".
Olaf Köbnik: "I can recommend "Crossfire II" all those ones who like action shooters!"
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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13.Dec.2002
ANN
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Benchmark: AmiGOD 2 beta 13.12.2002
On December 7, 2002 Lukas Stehlik published a new beta version of
'AmiGOD 2'. This is an AmigaOS benchmark. The following things have
changed:
- Amiga Continued special version (Czech Amiga magazine)
- MorphOS test: new internal module Pegasos G3/600MHz (!!!) + Voodoo4 AGP
- Amithlon test: new internal module Athlon XP 1700 + TNT2
- UAE test: new internal module P/166MHz + Tseng PCI
- Amiga test: new internal module A1240/25MHz + Voodoo3 PCI
- added info buttons to the database
- small bug in database was removed (thanks to Don Cox)
- please, do not run it on Amiga without FPU (not debugged yet)
The benchmark runs from AmigaOS 3.0 on (AmigaOS 2.0 was not tested), with CPU 68k, PPC (or PC and UAE or
Amithlon), 0.2 MB RAM and identify.library (included).
Download: AmiGOD2.lha
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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13.Dec.2002
ANN
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ARC 2002: Pictures of Pegasos UK Ltd.
Under the title link you can find other 100 pictures of the Amiga + Retro
Computing 2002 which took place on the last weekend in Aachen. On the last
site you additionally will find seven different videos.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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13.Dec.2002
Heise Newsticker / (Eule) (ANF)
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heise: Metabox shut down
The company of Metabox which was founded by former members of Amiga Technology has finally shut down
as heise reported. Metabox was one of a various amount of firms which sold SetTop-boxes. Metabox get
talked about because of some announcements of sensational delivery contracts which probably only
had the use of temporal increase or its rate.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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13.Dec.2002
z5 (ANF)
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A.D.A.: Update with 5 new productions
Amiga Demoscene Archive (A.D.A.) was updated today with 5 high quality
productions: the stunning slideshows "The puppets/Iris" and "Photocell
1x1/Anadune and Madwizards", two demos "Megademo4/Artwork" and
"Monoxide/Vanish" and one 64kb intro "Shema/Nah Kolor".
Enjoy the wonderful world of Amiga demos!
(ps)
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13.Dec.2002
IOSPIRIT (ANF)
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IOSPIRIT: fxPAINT 2.0 available
From today on fxPAINT 2.0 is available.
All advance orders have been already sent. fxPAINT 2.0 is available on CD-ROM and as download version
and runs on 68K, PowerUP, WarpUP, MorphOS and Amithlon.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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13.Dec.2002
Martin Strojek (ANF)
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GOLEM: PPC-mainboard Pegasos available - rival for AmigaOne
Under the title link you can find a detailed description of the new PowerPC mainboards Pegasos/AmigaOne.
There is also a little comparision of the features of the two mainboards. It follows a short extract
from the text:
"While Amiga Inc. and its AmigaOne partners concentrate on the forthcoming commercial
operating system AmigaOS 4.0 which is supposed to inspire the Amiga platform with new life Thendic-France
and bplan deliver its board together with MorphOS and DebianPPC-Linux."
You can find the complete article under the title link (in German).
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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13.Dec.2002
(ANF)
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Pictures of ARC2002 from Virtual Dimension
Bridging the time when the video of the fair from Virtual Dimension will be available there are some
pictures on the homepage...
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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12.Dec.2002
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - New packets (until 11.12.2002)
With WHDLoad you can install games on your hard drive which were originally made only for use with disks. The following packets have been added or updated since our last message:
- 11.12.02 improved: Elvira 2 - The Jaws of Cerberus (Horrorsoft/Accolade) supports another version
- 10.12.02 new: Formula One Grand Prix (Geoff Crammond/Microprose) done by Codetapper, congratulations 200 installs!
- 10.12.02 new: World Circuit (Geoff Crammond/Microprose) done by Codetapper
- 10.12.02 new: Eco (Ocean) done by Codetapper
- 10.12.02 new: Exit 5 (Vectors) done by Codetapper
- 10.12.02 new: Exit 4 (Vectors) done by Codetapper
- 10.12.02 new: Exit 3 (Vectors) done by Codetapper
- 10.12.02 new: Exit 2 (Vectors) done by Codetapper
- 09.12.02 new: Exit 1 (Vectors) done by Codetapper
- 09.12.02 improved: Lionheart Demo (Thalion) supports another version
- 08.12.02 new: XR-35 (Anco) done by Psygore
- 08.12.02 improved: Railroad Tycoon (Microprose) supports German version, font bug fixed
- 07.12.02 new: Bards Tale (Interplay) done by Agressor
- 06.12.02 new: XP8 (Weathermine Software) done by JOTD
- 06.12.02 improved: Dragon's Breath (Palace Software) supports German version
(ps)
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12.Dec.2002
(ANF)
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MacOnLinux for AmigaOne Available
MacOnLinux is now available for AmigaOne. MacOnLinux emulates a PowerMac, on which MacOS8.x und 9.x currently may be installed.
MacOSX support is now being worked on.
Operational Requirements:
- AmigaOne with current PPC Boot BIOS
- Voodoo3 graphics card (ATi Radeon hasn't been tested yet)
- Debian-Linux for AmigaOne
- Kernel and Kernel module for Debian-LinuxPPC from Ross Vumbaca
Download links:
MacOnLinux for AmigaOne: mol-amigaone-0.96.7.deb
Kernel and Kernel module: http://amigaone-linux.sourceforge.net
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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12.Dec.2002
Chaos Computer Club (CCC)
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CCC: Website of the 19th Chaos Communication Congress is Online
The website of 19C3 (19th Chaos Communication Congress) is online. There is where you'll find all the important advance information about
this year's congress, which takes place from the 27th to the 29th of December in "Haus Am Köllnischen Park (HAKP)" in Berlin. The entrance
fee for one day for non-members is 20 euros, for a multiday pass it's 40 euros. There are discounts offered if a valid student ID is presented
and children under the age of 12 enter costlessly, when accompanied by an adult.
The Chaos Communication Congress is a three day event about Technology, Society, and Utopia. The Congress offers performances and
workshops on a variety of topics having to do with Information Technology, computer security, Internet, Cryptography, and the critical creative
intersection with technology, as well as the effects of technological development on society.
The Chaos Communication Congress is the yearly specialty congress of the Chaos Computer Club e.V. (CCC). The congress takes place this
year for the 19th time and has its origins in the "European Hacker Party" of 1984.
The congress is not only for techno freaks, but also for anyone interested in the utilizations and effects. Near the conference program there
are other elements of the congress such as the Art&Beauty project, the Labor, the Chaos Archive, the Hack Center and the 6th German
championship in lock picking. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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12.Dec.2002
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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Test Program MpegMasterPlayer (made with Hollywood)
Here comes a test program named MpegMasterPlayer (downloadable under the title link), which was put together with Hollywood. It's
really a player built on mpega. Further, I would like to state that this player and a few other programs originated only with this Amiga
editor, because the scripting language of Hollywood is very simple.
Attention: the archive includes only executables (no script data). Because of this you can't examine the program code. In order to modify
the program code, you'll need the complete Hollywood pack. Additionally the three most important libraries are in the archive, and
these are needed to run the executables. Because the player currently only supports Amithlon's Soundblaster 128, you won't hear any
music on a normal Amiga (so this should be seen as only a demo of what is possible with Hollywood). (ps) (Translation: dm)
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12.Dec.2002
David Brunet (E-Mail)
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Magazine: Obligement N°36 now out
Issue 36 of the French e-zine is now available. You can read on this issue:
latest news, article about MorphOS games, report of the Amiga Retro
Computing, interview of Bill Buck and Raquel Velasquo, interview of
Arnaud Schwetta, review of Puzzle Bobs, Software Tycoon and FroggerNG 2.05,
and more others articles!
Download it from title link. (ps)
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12.Dec.2002
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Interview with Nicholas Blachford (Genesi)
On OSNews.com (title link) there's a short interview with Nicholas Blachford, whose position at Genesi is Eclipsis Project Manager. Included
are also some screen-shots. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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11.Dec.2002
MorphOS-News / Martin Heine (ANF)
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MorphOS: Feature list version 1.1 (update)
MorphOS-Featureliste:
- Native PowerPC Operating System
- Supports Pegasos and Amigas fitted with PowerUP cards
- Runs Native PPC and Amiga OS (to v3.1) RTG Applications
- 68K JIT compiler runs applications at up to 75% of native PPC speed
- Hardware 3D support (3dfx, 3DLabs, SiS + more to come)
- New Ambient Desktop with 24 bit colour support
- Fully Skinnable user interface
- MUI Object Orientated GUI Toolkit
- Media Player (Frogger)
- Multi-threaded Image viewer (MysticView)
- Web browser (Voyager)
- PDF viewer (APDF)
- Built in Software Development Kit
- AHI Audio
- USB Support
- Multiple 64 bit Filesystems supported including FFS2 & SFS
To briefly? The complete feature list (24 pages) in PDF format is available here:
morphos-full-features-list.pdf.
Furthermore there is also a text version. (ps) (Translation: ub)
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11.Dec.2002
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)
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Hollywood now available also for MorphOS (Update)
A native MorphOS version of Hollywood is now available. This PPC version
is of course much faster than the 68k one, so many effects can now be
displayed in real time at an acceptable speed (on 68k computers most of
the CPU intensive effects were precalculated and displayed then to make
them appear smoothly). It is already very fast on my Blizzard PPC with
200 MHz so it should really fly on a Pegasos system.
So you can create now cool applications, games and demonstrations even
for PPC and convert them also into native PPC executables! All Hollywood
CD-ROMs shipped from now, will contain the 68k and MorphOS PPC version.
If you already have the first edition of the Hollywood CD-ROM you can
request the MorphOS version of Hollywood from me by sending an e-mail to
me. By the way, if you want your Hollywood CD-ROM before Christmas, it
is high time to order now.
Update 14.12.2002:
Andreas Falkenhahn writes:
As I got some mails from people saying that they won't buy Hollywood
because I'm supporting MorphOS I have to clarify that there will be
AmigaOS4 version of Hollywood of course. But before this can happen,
I need a developer version of AmigaOS4 and because such a version does not
seem to be available currently, I cannot do anything yet. But there will
be definitely an AmigaOS4 version of Hollywood (if it is API compatible
to the classic AmigaOS). So, don't panic and don't send me any more
of such threatening letters. It's really astonishing how serious this topic
seems to be to some people. Additionally the update to the AmigaOS4
version of Hollywood will be free of charge too (as the update to the MorphOS
version was). So if you are interested in Hollywood, you can also buy the
program now and get the update for free when AmigaOS 4 is finally
available.
(ps)
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11.Dec.2002
Amiforce (ANF)
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Abakus-Design: AMHuhnXE and more
Update now published
The update to AMHuhn1.1 is released now and is directly downloadable for everyone.
This means registration is also not possible that way anymore. Who likes to have AMHuhnXE
for Christmas time anyway is pleased to use the contact form and to send an email to the webmaster
"Cj-Stroker".
AMHuhnXE just about to be published
The Xmas edition of AMHuhn is to be finished actually and available within the next days.
The accounts for the registered users are set up right now and will be delivered after the release.
We hope to get all this done straightly so everyone will get it some time before Christmas.
The accounts will be deliverd in order to the receivement of the registrations.
Future related
For coming projects we will try to support the 68k as long as possible. In the future there will be support not only for the 68k but also for AmigaOS4.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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11.Dec.2002
Diverse
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More photos from the ARC 2002 (update III)
One by one there are posted more links to pictures which were taken at the AMIGA + RETRO COMPUTING 2002 in Aachen. Here is a list of those links which were not published at amiga-news.de yet:
'Moneyless' sent us some pictures aswell:
Daniel Bindel |
Martin Wolf (Eternity) |
Jeri Ellsworth and her CommodoreOne. |
Torsten Kleinz (print magazine c´t) |
Andre89 |
This guy claims he had to answer the question where to get proper lunch 3867 times |
AmigaZeux members ToDi, UltraGelb and Ingo (vlnr). |
Ingo from AmigaZeux |
UltraGelb |
A worthy successor of the Video Toaster |
Duscussions at the Elbox booth |
Got you! |
APC&TCP |
Crossfire 2 |
Another one bites the dust ... |
Petra Struck |
The Genesi booth |
Jens Schönfeld... |
...once more |
Hendrik and Meike |
Minor problems... |
...getting solved step by step... |
...so Bill Buck and Gerald Carda could do their keynote |
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11.Dec.2002
Thomas Knäbel (E-Mail)
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bplan GmbH thanks for the Amiga Award 2002
At the ARC 2002 the price for the most innovative product and for special effords during the year 2002 was awarded to the bplan GmbH by Nico Barbat from Falke Media Verlag,
publisher of the AMIGAplus. We would like to thank all participants and are georgeously proud of this award.
As a Christmas present you may get the film "Making April" by the following link
http://www.bplan-gmbh.de/gfx/movie/april.mov.
It's 12 MB Qicktime format.
We wish all visitors of our website a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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11.Dec.2002
AMIGAplus
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Amiga Award 2002 for the bplan GmbH and Chris Hodges
Important and eventful twelve months have passed the Amiga community. Several new products which will smooth the way for the Amiga saw the light of the world in the year 2002. With the Amiga Award 2002 the Amiga community says, together with the AMIGAplus, "thank you" for these effords!
Amiga Award 2002
During thre AMIGA + Retro Computing 2002 at the 8th of December 2002 the Amiga Award 2002 for the most innovative product of the year 2002 was awarded to the bplan GmbH . The company, situated in Frankfurt/Main, has developed during the last two years the new µATX sized PowerPC mainboard "Pegasos" ready to introduce to the marked.
The Amiga Award 2002 was presented to Thomas Knäbel and Gerald Carda as deputies for the bplan GmbH by Nico Barbat, editor of the AMIGAplus.
"We would like to thank all participants and are georgeously proud of this award." said Thomas Knäbel, managing director of the bplan GmbH.
Amiga Award 2002 Extra
Beside the main category the 2200 participants voted for the Amiga Award 2002 Extra also.
As a representative for the shareware programmers
Chris Hodges was honoured for the development of his USB stack "Poseidon". This award was remunerated with EUR 250,- and was made possible by the financial encouragement of Genesi.
Amiga Award 2002 - Free votes
The free votes were won by the Pegasos for "Best Amiga hardware 2002", Amithlon for "Best Amiga software 2002" and Tales of Tamar for "Best Amiga game 2002".
Statistics and winnings
All particiapants have the chance to win one of the winnings of a totally worth more than EUR 1000 including an Amiga 1200/060 sponsored by eXpreSystems and some games and applications. The winners will be announced on December the 20th 2002.
The Amiga-Award-Team of falkemedia and the AMIGAplus
is looking forward to the Amiga Award 2003 already and thanks for the good participation and gratulates all winners and nominees for their Amiga encouragement once again!
P.S.: At the website of the Amiga Award 2002 there are photos of the ceremony and the Amiga Award 2002 and additional statistics.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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11.Dec.2002
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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More screen shots of Crossfire II
At the APC&TCP page there were more screen shots from the game Crossfire II published.
With the new screen shots it's even better to see that Crossfire is not a simple
shooter but a game with comlexe missions, much variations and a big
factor of addiction. The game is available at APC&TCP directly. (ps) (Translation: ub)
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09.Dec.2002
Thomas Schulze (ANF)
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Solution of the bug in the CrossfireII version sold on the fair
Even returned from the fair, the first e-mails reached us. Unfortunately in haste to finish the work on Crossfire II still
before the fair an error occured. If you trie to start the program, bought on the fair, after the
installation the error message "... File not executable" appears. In order to solve
this problem, one has to select the menu option "instruction executes" from
the Workbench menu and input in each case one of the following two
lines:
protect <Ihr Crossfire2-Verzeichnis>/CF2 ADD RWED
protect <Ihr Crossfire2-Verzeichnis>/CF2_PPC ADD RWED
We would like to apologize for this error and hope for your
understanding. The update that will probably appear this week will contain this correction as well as MorphOS support
and German translation.
Thanks to all involved and supervisors of the
fair, particularly to Eternity, which exhibited "valley of
Tamar". Next year we will place the coffee. Promised.
Thomas Schulze (Dreamworlds Development)
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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08.Dec.2002
Peter's Amiga Homepage
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Printer: Epson Stylus Color (24bit) driver V44.02 by Peter Hutchison
On 7th December 2002, Peter Hutchison has updated his home page. The Epson
Stylus Color 24bit driver now has an install script, and the Epson Stylus
Color 200 has been added to the list of printers.
The driver runs on AmigaOS V3.5 and V3.9 from a 68020 and 6MB RAM.
Download:
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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08.Dec.2002
Verschiedene
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ARC 2002: German Reports
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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08.Dec.2002
LouiSe's home
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LouiSe: PHP V4.2.3 (Standalone), CircleMUD V3.1
Already at the beginning of December, LouiSe had released ports of PHP V4.2.3
and CircleMUD V3.1 for 68k Amigas.
PHP V4.2.3:
This is a standalone (without WWW server) version of the script language PHP,
which is used in particular for generating dynamic Web pages.
CircleMUD V3.1:
CircleMUD is a multi user dungeon game
system (MUD) by Jeremy Elson which had originally been developed at the John
Hopkins University's Department of Computer Science and represents a derivative of
DikuMUD Gamma 0.0, which had been developed in 1990 by Katja Nyboe, Tom Madsen,
Hans Henrik Staerfeldt, Michael Seifert and Sebastian Hammer at the University
of Copenhagen.
MUDs are text based worlds, into which users log in through the Internet to
explore the worlds with an own character and interact with other characters.
More about this on the home page of CircleMUD.
The Amiga archive contains only the binaries - no lib, doc or other files. The
complete archive is available on
ftp://ftp.circlemud.org/.
There are binaries for 68020, 68040 and 68060.
Download:
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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08.Dec.2002
Verschiedene
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ARC 2002: English reports
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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08.Dec.2002
amiga.org
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GUI: MUI-MIAMI panels by Alfonso Ranieri
Alfonso Ranieri has released two new MUI-MIAMI panels for MiamiDX on his home
page.
MUINList.MiamiPanel uses NList and MUI.MiamiPanel uses a Virtgroup for panel
display.
Download:
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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08.Dec.2002
amiga.org
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GoldED Studio AIX: Service Pack 5, FACE/ON V0.9
Already on 6th December 2002, Dietmar Eilert had released service pack 5 for
his editor package 'GoldED Studio AIX' as well as version 0.9 of the theme
installer 'FACE/ON'.
Service Pack 5:
Service Pack 5
is available to registered users for free download. It is mainly a maintanance
upgrade, yet it also contains some fine tuning of the optics.
Prerequisite for this upgrade is GoldED Studio AIX SP3 or GoldED Barebones SP3.
Older installations can only be updated with the Service Pack CD.
Free versions:
The GoldED demo version available for free
download
has also been updated to Service Pack 5. These versions are restricted to a
text length of 1000 lines - yet the editor itself has no other functional
restrictions. The only things missing are some add-ons such as the gcc compiler
and the spell checker to keep the download size within limits.
FACE/ON V0.9
FACE/ON
is a theme installer for GoldED. With FACE/ON theme previews can be viewed and
the themes as well as alternative menus can be installed
(screenshot).
System requirements contain a gfx card and GoldED Studio AIX SP5 or GoldED
Barebones SP5.
Download: faceon.lzx (30K)
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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08.Dec.2002
Sylvio k. (ANF)
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Game: DeepSilence Team with new team name and new Soms3d Web site
Because of legal problems, the software development team DeepSilence has
decided to change the team name into 'Anime Development for Amiga', in short
'ADA'.
Additionally, a new team page has been added on which new screenshots of 'Secret of
my soul 3d' have been published. It can be accessed under
http://galileo.spaceports.com/~dssoms.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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08.Dec.2002
Heise Newsticker (ANF)
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ARC 2002: Heise announcement re. Amiga show
An announcement of the Heise newsticker re. the ARC 2002 can be found
under the title link. The emphasis of this announcement lies with the Pegasos.
Additionally, the AmigaOne and C-One are mentioned.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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08.Dec.2002
Verschiedene
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ARC 2002: More pictures of the show
Pictures by Jens Neubauer (ANF):
Show, T.o.T. knight, Pegasos, Walker, MorphOS plasma.
Pictures by Caghan 'Muaddib' Demirci (AmigaArt):
AmigaOne, Pegasos, MorphOS.
(sd)
Oliver "Bladerunner" Hummel (ANF):
Just now I have uploaded a couple of pictures of the Amiga und Retro Computer
Messe on my site. In case somebody is interested in the fxPaint Web Catalogue
Skin "ARC" to use them for his/her own pictures, please send me a short mail.
P.S.: Oliver has also posted a fairly extensive show report in our Amiga forum
under the thread
"Heute ist es soweit". (ps) (Translation: cb)
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08.Dec.2002
Petra Struck
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ARC 2002: Pictures of the first day by amiga-news.de
Hilke made a bunch of photos at the ARC 2002. As you can see from the pictures and subtitles, the Pegasos was the
highlight of the show. However, until noon Thendic were busy setting up and
installing all in all 30 computers. After that the users were able to get a
picture of the Pegasos in conjunction with MorphOS.
The AmigaOne, however, was presented as well. Once at the stand of Amiga-Club and
at Vesalia's. In both cases the operationg system running was Linux. There were
no news to be gathered about AmigaOS. Yet I have clearly sounded out a tendency
with the users: Many look upon a Pegasos with AmigaOS as the optimal solution.
Thendic France is working hard to setup the demo machines |
A pegasos in a micro wave oven |
The door acts as the monitor |
Sebastien Lokhamkhouak build the crazy micro wave oven Pegasos :) |
Martin Merz (Mason Icons) |
Christian Kemp (ANN) |
Ron van Herk (Computer City, NL) |
Guido Mersmann (right) presenting Amithlon ... |
... together with Timo Hegemann (right) |
Amithlon |
Jeri Ellsworth presents the CommodoreOne |
Daniel Bindel as ´Lord Fox´ von Tamar |
Otis from the club "User der Nordseeküste" |
the fair |
Pegasos inside |
Martin Heine, one of the Pegasos/MorphOS betatesters |
McGreg, an enthusiastic Pegasos/MorphOS betatester |
Thomas Schulze showing his game Crossfire |
Dennis Lohr presenting Digibooster Pro |
The Thendic booth |
Sebastian Brylka and Olaf Köbnik (Fun Time World and Amiga Arena) |
Ebay explaining irritated Amiga users, why Java can't be avoided for certain things |
A total of 30 Pegasos computers available for testing |
Christian Kemp (ANN) and Petra Struck (amiga-news.de) discussing with visitors |
Bill Buck and Gerald Carda answering questions about the Pegasos |
Timothy de Groote and Steffen Häuser (far left) showing games in the AmigaOne ... |
... like Majesty |
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08.Dec.2002
Andre Dörffler (ANF)
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Context menus for OS3.5+
The program ContextSAS allows creation and use of context sensitive menus for
AmigaOS3.5+. It supports the DefIcons system. With the help of a few additional
tools you can even iconify Workbench windows and create links. The author is
always thankful for remarks and suggestions.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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08.Dec.2002
Falcon (ANF)
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Falcon: Pictures from the Aachen show
As of now all interested people can gaze at some pictures from the Aachen show
under the title link. Featured are a.o. the Walker (which was actually
running!), Pegasos' by the cartload, and much more...
Furthermore a video of the show including an interview with Petra Struck will
be released shortly on CD-ROM. However, a date has not been set.
Have fun,
Falcon
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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08.Dec.2002
Michael Böhmer (ANF)
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First winner of HIGHWAY raffle
As the winner of KDH Datentechnik's und E3B's "thank you" raffle, at which a
NORWAY networking module is raffled on each show day among all registered
HIGHWAY users, today ... fanfare ...
Mr. Michael Narramore from Swindon, England
has been drawn by our lucky fairy. Congratulations!
Michael Böhmer / E3B
Günther Horbach / KDH Datentechnik
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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07.Dec.2002
Chris Hodges (email)
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Chris Hodges: Time to say goodbye!
In his known humorous way Chris Hodges tells us that he'll be on vacation for the next seven weeks. He'll be in New Zealand till 2003, 24th January and has today uploaded an update for Poseidon with some bug fixes. Here's the original message:
Dear Poseidon users,
I'm leaving the Amiga. Yes, I've had enough of all that fighting and
bitching. Instead, I'll try to live on a green island with lots of sheep.
Good bye and farewell!
Now get up from the floor, stop crying, I'm only off to New Zealand for
about seven weeks of vacation and I will return to my one and only true
love (currently, just my Amiga :( ) on 24th January 2003. But before I'm
leaving on a jet plane, I've uploaded a small update of Poseidon for your
benefit. Not much has changed, however, a few bugfixes reported by some of
you have been incooperated. See changelog for details.
As I'm away from my machine, don't write private emails, if you have any
problems. Please use the Yahoo Mailing List instead, there are a lot of
people who could give a hand.
So, please enjoy the time off, I will certainly do so. And don't forget to
use Trident regularily >>>;-) (ps) (Translation: wk)
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07.Dec.2002
several (ANF)
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ARC 2002: pictures of the fair
Pictures of the AMIGA + RETRO COMPUTING 2002 that is taking place on December, 7th and 8th in Aachen:
Jochen Abitz (ANF):
Pegasos, Pegasos micro oven, AmigaOne, Amiga Future, KDH, fair
Andreas Weyrauch (A.W.Design) (ANF):
AmigaOne, Pegasos micro oven, fair
(sd) (Translation: wk)
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07.Dec.2002
Rüdiger Hanke (ANF)
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Gamel: ScummVM 0.3.0 released
Version 0.3.0 of the popular interpreter for Lucasarts games has been released today. On the download page are executables for several operating systems available including the MorphOS binary. A complete distribution with PDF manual and Ambient PNGIcons will be released probably tomorrow by me.
ScummVM MorphOS supports now also MIDI music that is qualitywise much better than the Adlib sound used until now. What is needed for this is the Etude MIDI device that I unfortunately can't make available for download yet. People who should see me today in Aachen at the beta tester conference may ask me for a version.
Regarding the legal issues with Lucasarts there's still no solution. A comprehensive description of the situation as it is right now can be found on the ScummVM site.
The improvements in detail:
0.3.0b (2002-12-06)
- fix major race condition resulting in extremely frequent crashes on MorphOS/PocketPC (supercedes unreleased 0.3.0 version)
0.3.0 (2002-12-01)
- massive cleanup work for iMUSE. Sam and Max music now plays correctly
- many bugfixes for Zak256, + sound and music support
- music support for Simon the Sorcerer on any platform with real MIDI
- experimental support for Indy3 (VGA) - Indiana Jones + Last Crusade
- completed support for Monkey1 VGA Floppy, The Dig
- added akos16 implementation for The Dig and Full Throttle costumes
- added digital iMUSE implementation for The Dig and Full Throttle music.
- Loom CD speech+music syncronisation improved greatly
- added midi-emulation via adlib, for platforms without sequencer support
- code seperation of various engine parts into several libraries
- several fixes to prevent Simon the Sorcerer crashing and hanging
- hundreds of bugfixes for many other games
- new SMUSH video engine, for Full Throttle and The Dig
- new in-game GUI
- launcher dialog
(cd) (Translation: wk)
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07.Dec.2002
Jens Schönfeld tel.
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ARC 2002 News: Massimo Mancini unfortunately not there
As we just now heard from Jens Schönfeld via telephone is Massimo Mancini
not at the fair because of a sports accident and is therefore not able to introduce his new USB card by himself. The card itself will be presented, though.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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07.Dec.2002
falkemedia (ANF)
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ARC 2002 News: "Digital Camera Magazin" by falkemedia
From December 2002 on you can buy the worldwide popular print magazine »Digital Camera Magazin« in Germany, too!
It offers on a monthly basis everything you want to know about digital cameras, how to use them in the most efficient way and what to do with them to make full use of their potential. With it comes every month a CD with full versions, tools, filters, drivers and more.
DCM will be available 2002, 18. December throughout Germany.
You can buy the first issue of the »Digital Camera Magazin« already exclusively at the booth of falkemedia at the AMIGA + RETRO Computing 2002 for a reduced exhibition price of just 5.- Euro! (ps) (Translation: wk)
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07.Dec.2002
AMIGAplus (ANF)
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ARC 2002 News: AMIGAplus 12/2002 and more
Also at the booth of falkemedia at the AMIGA + Retro Computing 2002 in Aachen will visitors be able to get the new AmigaPlus 12/2002 with the main topic "Amiga allrounder - emulations with the Amiga".
This issue is available at the fair for a reduced price of 4,- Euro only, the bundle with the "Digital Camera Magazin #1" and "Mac Life 01/2003" only costs 10,- Euro! The regular subscription sendings of the AMIGAplus 12/2002 will take place at the end of the coming week.
Next to this latest issue you'll be able to buy all A+ issues of the last two years, issues of the st-computer and Mac Life, hardware like USB hubs and interfaces, CD pockets, the AMIGAplus readers CDs, Wildfire 7 for the special price of 29,- Euro and much more.
We are looking forward to your coming to the show and wish all visitors of the AMIGA +
RETRO Computing 2002 much fun at this weekend!
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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06.Dec.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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ARC 2002 News: FroggerNG at Amiga Arena / FTW available
You can buy the popular multimedia player "FroggerNG" version 2.0 on the Amiga + Retro Computing 2002.
The version of the fair will contain a temporally limited keyfile.
After the fair you will get your personal keyfile via email or post for free (they still just have to be
generated).
Demo CD available
Each customer will additionally get a special fair demo version with the products of the Fun Time World
and of Amiga Arena. You can buy this demo CD for 2,- Euro but if you will buy one of our products this
amount will be credited you later! So you have the possibilty to test our products!
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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06.Dec.2002
Steffen Häuser (ANF)
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Two new Quake2 mods available
There are two new Quake2 mods on the Amiga Quake2 site (title link) available called "Blastchamber" and
"Jailbreak" (but which are very big: Blastchamber=60MB, Jailbreak=30 MB).
Steffen Häuser
Hyperion Entertainment
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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06.Dec.2002
Guido Mersmann (E-Mail)
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ARC 2002 News: Guido Mersmann with 1st stand of Shareware
Guido Mersmann who is the author of programs like AmithlonTV, AView, AFind,
BoulderDaesh, GuideCheck, GuideFormat, Execute64, SiedlerBoot, R(equest),
DVBControl, MCControl, Simplecat, AvailCPU, VBRControl, TrackDisplayClock,
SnoopRouter, Meridian, MMKeyboard, ParKeyboard and WheelMouseSupport will have a
stand of Shareware on the ARC 2002 together with Timo Hegemann.
Guido Mersmann: "By the friendly help of Haage & Partner we are able to performance the current
Amithlon with some new applications on our stand on the "AMIGA + RETRO COMPUTING 2002".
You will see the new VHI-Studio v6.0 working together with the current driver for AmithlonTV. Of course
we will introduce AmithlonTV and will demonstrate the support of several boards which has been doubted.
You can also see the keyboard adapter hardware called "MMKeyboard" and the software packet which belongs
to it. But there will be no sale!
Furthermore we will answer questions concerning Amithlon, AmithlonTV, VHI-Studio, MMKeyboard, MCControl
and other software products as far as possible.
I will also answer questions concerning the support."
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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06.Dec.2002
Vesalia Computer (ANF)
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ARC 2002 News: Turboprint 7.40 available at Vesalia
For the first time the new version 7.40 of Turboprint Professional will be available at Vesalia Computer.
Besides this owners of version 7.x will get an update to 7.40 on our stand.
We hope we will see you!
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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06.Dec.2002
Simon Neumann (ANF)
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Amiga Speed with the first Quake2 tests
On the site of Amiga Speed there are finally the first tests of Quake2.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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06.Dec.2002
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - New packets (until 05.12.2002)
With WHDLoad you can install games on your hard drive which were originally made only for use with disks. The following packets have been added or updated since our last message:
- 05.12.02 new: Dragon's Breath (Palace Software) done by Galahad
- 05.12.02 improved: Zaxxon (Bignonia) supports another version, skip greetings
- 30.11.02 improved: Battle Isle (Blue Byte) supports another version
- 30.11.02 new: Return to Genesis (Firebird) done by Codetapper
- 30.11.02 new: Leatherneck (Microdeal) done by Codetapper
- 28.11.02 new: It Came From The Desert (Cinemaware) done by JOTD
- 27.11.02 new: Mini Golf (Magic Bytes) done by Psygore
(ps)
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06.Dec.2002
AMIGAplus
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AROS: SVGA-driver and mascot Kitty
AMIGAplus wrote:
There is the first beta version of the new SVGA-graphic driver for the operating system AROS which can
be activated over the boot menu. The driver may not work on some computers but nevertheless it shows
what can be graphically possible. The current used 4bit VGA modus is supposed to be substituted by
the 16bit or 32bit SVGA modus.
Besides this Eric W. Schwartz has given the AROS project a mascot: Kitty
should be worth a look.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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06.Dec.2002
Amigan Software
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Game: Saga version 1.23
Version 1.22 of the game Saga has been published. Saga is a port of the board game called Saga: Age of Heroes
which was published in 1981 from TSR. It can be played by up to six players and the players can
be controlled either by the Amiga or by men. You have to defeat monsters, find magic treasures and
support great kingdoms being glorious and heroic.
Currently the game is available in English and German and requires at least AmigaOS 3.0+, AGA/RTG.
The archive also contains the source code.
Download: Saga.lha (290 KB)
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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06.Dec.2002
KDH News (ANF)
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ARC 2002 News: AmigaOne boards available on the ARC 2002
Last minute KDH news:
We have just got the AmigaOne boards by UPS Express and thus are available on the stand of KDH Datentechnik.
We hope we will see you all again.
Günter Horbach
KDH Datentechnik
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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05.Dec.2002
Sjoerd de Vries (ANF)
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Pictures from ArticiaS and April Chip
Pictures says more than thousand words...
(ps)
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05.Dec.2002
Amiforce (ANF)
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AMHuhn: Update Available for Download (Update)
Under the title link you'll find in the downloads area a little update for AMHuhn. With this the crosshairs are color red and are seen more
easily. Many users had complained about this.
Offering AMHuhnXE
In a few day Abakus-Design's AMHuhn(X)mas(E)dition will be introduced. The game comes with completely different graphics and sounds.
But much more than the graphics and sounds have been changed.
Introduction of AMHuhnXE
As thanks to all who trusted us with the update, the download will made available early to registered users. This is our Christmas present to
these users. In the next few days accounts for the protected areas will be opened and sent to the users. For security reasons the entry will
be limited, in order to obstruct that the accounts are forwarded to others.
When Christmas time is over the archive will be offered to everybody.
Addition:
Notice:
We could only work through the entered registrations sequentially. As a result the new registrations first come to a close. Thanks for your
understanding. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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05.Dec.2002
Guido Mersmann (ANF)
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TV Card Software: AmithlonTV Beta 200
There's a new beta version (200) of AmithlonTV available for download from the AmithlonTV homepage.
AmithlonTV is a really, genuinely modularly built driver system for PCI TV cards. Only the necessary components and resources are loaded.
New cards unknown to AmithlonTV will be automatically detected and may be configured by the user. In order to do this the components of
the card are detected in a setup program.
The advantage of such a system is that a new driver for any specific component will function on any TV card that has the component. Special
modifications by me are generally unnecessary. We won't be involving ourselves with a bunch of supported cards that haven't been tested.
AmithlonTV will run on practically any card. When certain components haven't been added they just haven't been added, but the rest of the
card works.
A further advantage of AmithlonTV is that multiple cards are supported. Two, three, or more are possible. This is easily managed and may
be used in a security system. It is all the same if one wants a picture from each, or a channel list to switch between cards.
The entire system is built so modularly that USB and Firewire may be possible. At this time there is support for the powerpci.library (Amithlon).
The openpci.library support is currently implemented and functioning but is not yet officially available.
What's new:
As is already known through other channels, Amithlon TV has a VHI_Studio driver. Your computer will become a multimedia center, especially
with the new accelerated functions of VHI Studio version 6.0.
The channel seeker has also been greatly accelerated. In contrast to other options (such as Windows software) there is a real channel seeker
here that doesn't just check for channels, but also VCRs and satellite receivers that are found between channels.
There are other small improvements in the works.
Especially noteworthy are the new audio drivers. All MSP cards should work with these.
The new Hauppauge drivers achieve an automatic configuration, whereby the copying of special configuration data occurs.
You'll find a lot more information by clicking on the title link!
Guido Mersmann
Author of:
AmithlonTV, AView, AFind, BoulderDaesh, GuideCheck, GuideFormat, Execute64,
SiedlerBoot, R(equest), DVBControl, MCControl, Simplecat, AvailCPU,
VBRControl, TrackDisplayClock, SnoopRouter, Meridian, MMKeyboard,
ParKeyboard, WheelMouseSupport, ... (ps) (Translation: dm)
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05.Dec.2002
Vesalia Computer (ANF)
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ARC 2002 News: Hyperion Will Be Guests at Vesalia Computer Stand (Update)
Steffen Häuser and Timothy de Groote of Hyperion will present the Amiga One and various Hyperion games at Vesalia Computer's ARC 2002
stand on Saturday the 7th of December, 2002.
Additionally, as already known, Elbox and Creative Development will also be Vesalia guests and introduce their own respective products.
Update:
Vesalia indicated that the two Hyperion personnel are not closely involved with OS4 and will not be able to speak on questions relating to OS4. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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05.Dec.2002
Matthias M. (ANF)
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TV Card Software: Visionary Version 0.15 (Update)
There's a new version of Visionary (v. 0.14) available for download on the Amiga G-Rex homepage. Mainly, a few bugs have been removed.
The Visionary program is a TV service with a modern graphical overlay that allows one to fully utilize the Visual Reality System and modern
TV/Video Cards.
Visionary was designed to be very modular, in order to support a broad range of cards with different chip sets and TV tuners. Support for
documented new cards may be easily implemented.
Update:
Version 0.15 was just made available for download.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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05.Dec.2002
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Game: Crossfire II Released
The game Crossfire II was released today. At the moment it can only be ordered from APC&TCP. It'll be available from specialty stores in
three to four weeks. In a few days there will be a new demo version as well as more screen-shots. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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05.Dec.2002
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: Preview Pictures of SOMS and AF #39 (Update)
Screen-grabs of the game "Secret of My Soul" (SOMS) have been released on the Amiga Future website in the "Articles" section. SOMS
is projected to be published next year by APC&TCP.
Update:
Issue 39 of Amiga Future was released today. It was mailed to all subscribers and single issue orderers. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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04.Dec.2002
Jan Andersen (E-Mail)
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FREE Virus Help Team Maillist
When the Virus Help Denmark web was down due to the changing of Internet
providers, we had to close the VHT-Denmark maillist. Now we want to bring
it back to all of you (a lot of people have been asking for it). But Charlene of
the Canadian Virus Help Team, has a maillist, and we don't want to a have two
maillists that writes the same things. So the Virus Help Team maillist will be up
at Charlene's Canadian VHT maillist.
If you join this maillist, you will receive emails about new updates of all the great
Amiga antivirus programs (ect. VirusZ, VirusExecutor, Mill and xvs.library).
You will also receive an email when a new virus or trojan is found. Notices can
only come from list operators, which is Charlene of VHT-Canada or myself
Jan of VHT-Denmark.
You can also see the maillist on-line at this webaddress:
VHT at Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vht-can/
You can join the maillist at the two Virus Help Team's websites:
VHT Canada : http://vht-can.shadow-realm.org/links.html#world-services
VHT Denmark : http://home4.inet.tele.dk/vht-dk/amiga/maillist.htm
Or you can write an empty email to this email to subscribe to the maillist:
vht-can-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
(ps)
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04.Dec.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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ARC 2002 News: Fun Time World / Amiga Arena presentation
Fun Time World / Amiga Arena setting "AMIGA + Retro Computing 2002" on fire!
The following products and news will be at the stand of Fun Time World
at the "AMIGA + Retro Computing 2002" in Aachen:
- "Aqua" German Version:
It's a "Myst" like adventure game.
You are looking for treasures of a sunk drilling platform.
The Atlantic Ocean is waiting for you!
- NEW Re-release "PuzzleBOBS"
"PuzzleBOBS" is a "bust a move" clone, which stands out from other puzzle games of this kind with it's many features and game modes
"PuzzleBOBS" is sold in a DVD package with all recent updates and a new set of levels.
"PuzzleBOBS" is now optimized for MorphOS also!
- NEW "Amiga Arena - Games Edition 2002"
As a thank you and tribute to all developers and users, who supported me recently, there will be at the "AMIGA + Retro Computing 2002" the "Amiga Arena - Games Edition 2002" be presented for the first time.
With more than 50 games from the commercial and shareware section there are the genres action, adventure, board/mind, manager, platform and strategie and number of classics, the offer is rounded up with several sceenshots, solutions and cheats.
The following games (extract) are by appointment with their developers on that CD:
commercial:
- Acid Software (Roadkill, Seak&Destroy, Kiros Quest, Woodys World and more)
- Applaud Software (Blockehaed I/II, Mobile Warfare and more)
- Austex Software (Uropa2 CD version)
- Blue Lemon Studio (Beambender exclusively)
- Black Legend (Embryo, Wheelspin, Fussball Total, Der Seelenturm, Der Trainer, Fatman and more)
- Mellon Design (Jimmys Fantasic J.)
- Revolution Soft (Lure of the Temptress, Beneath a Steel Sky CD32 Version with spoken language output)
- Sayonara Soft (Hollywood Manager, Flamigo Tours, Samba Partie Series, Samba Partie Worldcup - CD
version/spoken language output and more)
- Scorpius Soft (Burnout, Blade und Hilt II German version exclusively and more)
Shareware:
- Roketz, Sharks, BallMaster, Boulderdäsh, Doktor, HBMonopoly, myLocomotion, Mahjongg,
Tiles, Imperium Terranum II and more.
Bonus:
- Shareware "WHDload" installer special offer!
All games are available in German and English language. The CD is published in a DVD package and will be available firstly at the show.
- Distribution & sale:
Fun Time World c/o Sebastian Brylka - E-Mail - WWW
- Live on stage!!
The game "Aqua" and a "PuzzleBOBS" contest will possibly be shown and held at the stand! The Amiga Arena will be host at the stand of Fun Time World on Saturday.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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04.Dec.2002
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)
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Announcement: Malibu-Plugin for Hollywood
Andreas Falkenhahn:
Airsoft Softwair will soon release the first plugin for Hollywood. The
Malibu plugin extends Hollywood to accept also Scala presentations and
display them. This makes a dream come true for those Amiga users who always
wanted to display their old Scala presentations on Workbench or on an own
Intuition screen in a system friendly way. The Malibu plugin is scheduled
for release in the middle of January 2003 and requires Hollywood 1.0.
Additionally I want to point out that I cannot attend the ARC show in Aachen
unfortunately. Therefore Hollywood is not available for sale there either.
(ps)
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04.Dec.2002
AMIGAplus
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Amiga Award 2002: Reminder
Don't forget: Until Friday the 6th of December, 3 o'clock pm you can vote for he Amiga Award 2002 and the Amiga Award 2002 Extra!
Honour with that together with the AMIGAplus two members of the Amiga community for special efforts during the last 12 months!
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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04.Dec.2002
zErec (ANF)
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Eyetech Reply to BBRV open post
Under the title link you can read the reaction of
Eytech (the developer of the
AmigaOne board) about the Thendic statement
"...April, Mai and teamwork...". Read the complete statement from Alan also
here:
I'm afraid Buck has exceeded even his usual level of bullshit and innuendo
on this one.
My take on this:
Our announcement of the G4 availability and pricing, and of the (solved)
Articia problem at the WoA SE was not what he expected. Since then we have
been innundated for dealership agreements from ex-Amiga dealers who have
(and their customers have) good memories of the Amiga OS and a growing
hatred of Windows. The polls, such as they, are show that the A1-XE G4 is by
far the most popular PPC platform for the Amiga community and this must also
have been a bit of a shock. (Is it also a coincidence that we've been the
recipients of an intense, targeted virus campaign since then, I wonder?)
Meanwhile Hyperions work on PPCBoot and linux has allowed the Teron
reference boards to get to a level where they can be usefully sold in the
Linux Market. As most on this list will know we have the rights to
distribute these boards in Europe and now Terrasoft do in the US. (We also
have distribution rights on the Teron based designs for the Amiga marker
worldwide). This has knackered Thendics plans for world domination of the
PPC Linux market.
Reading between the lines it seems that they are prepared to drop MorphOS
altogether if they can get their hands on OS4 to at least salvage something.
Buck plans to do this by suing Amiga Inc (for what?) and bribing us to
abandon the AmigaOne and Hyperion to port OS4 to the pegasos hardware .
Sorry, thats not on. You can only have sensible business arrangements with
people who are trustworthy and behave with integrity. There are plenty of
instances (which are inappropriate to reveal here) where these principles
have been completely abandoned on his side.
On their so-called relationship with MAI, we/hyperion have done more to help
MAI get the Teron design to the linux market than ever bplan have, alltough
I don't doubt that Gerald Carda made an important contribution to
identifying the Articia bug - I've every respect for him as a hardware
engineer.
As far as Thendic making their own boards is concerned thats a complete
joke. Its a matter of public record that Thendic-France incorporated as a
one-man company with the minimum 7500 euros of capital. Thendic, like us and
MAI do not actually make anything themselves, manufacture is all
subcontracted. In our case its to a Tiawanese specialist, in Thendic's its
to DCE. Based on our past experience of quality assurance and after sales
service from DCE I personally would never buy any DCE manufactured products
for resale again.
Well you did ask
Alan
(ps)
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04.Dec.2002
Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck (ANF)
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Statement from Thendic about April, Mai and teamwork in the Amiga market
Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck of Thendic France sent us an email to gain the attention for an important comment they both posted at the comments of
amiga.org (see title link). For simplicity we repeat the statement which they gave about the collaboration opportunities within the Amiga market:
OK, last word before Aachen Show....
The is no Mai without April. The Articia does not work as promoted. There. We have said it.
Everything that has been promised for the AmigaOne and the Pegasos will not work without
April -- April is *mostly* a "patch." With April the Articia will work as advertised,
without April the Articia will not. Betatesters of the A1 and the "Betatester (Pegasos)"
know that there are difficulties.
In September and October bplan developed the "patch" with Mai. There is no other patch for
the Articia and there was no other assistance from anyone else in creating it. This is why
the Pegasos, A1 and Teron are not available in quantity and why they will not be until the
patch is mounted on the respective PCBs and shipped.
Check out the estimated shipping dates at the YDL site. Do you think they will get anywhere
else sooner? Where is the biggest market? Is it MorphOS and OS4, or is it LinuxPPC? Where
do you think Mai will focus? Not here (MorphOS/OS4)! Our sales commitments for the first
1000 Pegasos went 817 to Linux and the rest to this community (less two for OpenBSD and
two for OpenBeOS).
Mai does not care about this market. They care about the Linux market. They want to sell
the Articia and their board. They make chips and want to sell them. LinuxPPC is a bigger
market for them. That will be their new focus. We are the poor stepchild now. Please
forget all the delusions about the new Amiga or the Pegasos that will re-conquer the world
when the hardware shows up. If we want success this is going to be hard work and a long
haul.
In the meanwhile, you won't have to worry about MorphOS or OS4 being pirated by someone
here now. There is a whole new world of potential users with an OpenSource/Freeware
mentality that is about to consume this market and make it more irrelevant. This is a
post-Napster world.... and Napster was only the beginning. Individual "freedom" has
replaced respect for others. Something is wrong with this picture and it needs to be
fixed, but it will not happen with dongles.
If this community wants a future it needs to start working together. We are spending
plenty of money to make the Pegasos successful, but it is not our final focus. We are
a niche market -- both OS4 and MorphOS. We need unity if we want to be more than a
lingering historical footnote.
The Mai story is not over yet. The first patch is not enough. We figured this out in
November when Mai was scurrying back to Tiawan to make what they thought would be the
final solution. It is not. There are more problems. We finally solved all this a week
and a half ago. Plus, we have added a couple of other features that are better
accomplished in hardware than software (and don't believe a few lines of code will make
the first patch work). If YDL sets off on their current course, they will "crash and
burn" in a month after they finally introduce the product. The Linux market is
unforgiving when it comes to hardware bugs. With all the success they will seem to
achieve their liability will grow correspondingly.
Before you think this is another marketing stunt, here is something new. We know what
Eyetech pays for the Teron/A1; we know what the A1 distributors pay. We would be
willing to match the prices all around less 5% and provide an immediate solution to
the community. We make the Pegasos. Eyetech does not. We have many of the same
distributors. We can compensate Allan Redhouse through his success (something he is
clearly about to loose with YDL Teron pricing). Hyperion too. Oh yes, you want to
buy a G4 A1? Wake up people! Read the disclaimers on the YDL site. Do you understand
what needs to happen before this will? There is a Pegasos G4 now. The question is not
how fast the processor *can* work, the issue is how fast the processor *does* work!
Let's get better organized. We are about to be crushed.
If we pulled eveyone together on this we might even honor those $50 coupons!
This market and community is in complete confusion. There is no leadership or vision
and we need both fast or we can forget it. This is a public statement in good faith
to Eyetech and Hyperion. Allan and Ben are formidible marketing opponents. We can
forget the past if you can. We need to get into the same boat. Amiga Inc. has lost
its leadership mantel. Selling coupons, promoting unachievable concepts and making
wild claims about the next deal have worn tired and false. Fortunately, all have not
blindly followed this route and Hyperion and Eyetech have a solid agreement in place
that protects them in the event of Amiga Inc bankruptcy. And, before you think this
is a "group hug" thing, we have paid our King County, Washigton legal counsel a
retainer. We will commence legal action against Amiga Inc. this month. This is not
some "get legal" BS. This is business and the Amiga Inc. management do not understand
what business is. They "blew it" and we have had enough of their interference in our
future.
The whole Mai/YDL collaboration has changed the situation dramatically. We hope this
statement helps you understand this better.
We will give Hyperion a board. We will support the A1 Betatesters as we have our own.
We don't have to trade sources or get Ralph having a beer with Ben, but we could all
move ahead this way. Eyetech can certify the Pegasos to meet Amiga specifications --
they are positioned to do this. Hyperion and Eyetech can promote OS4. Great. We might
even develop some collaborative efforts quickly. We should.
Things are moving very fast. We have alot to do. Thanks for reading this post and
please think about it carefully. See you in Aachen!
Sincerely,
Raquel and Bill
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04.Dec.2002
www.dreamworlds.de (ANF)
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Game: Crossfire II finished / Will be sold and introduced at the ARC 2002
Crossfire II is finished and will be shown at the show. The demo will be available in some days. Then the Dreamworlds home page will be updated again.
Crossfire II is a 2D shooter. It contains not only a single player mode with an atmosphereic story and complex missions, but also a freestyle mode for entertaining battles for one to four players.
Crossfire II runs on classic Amiga (min. 030, AGA
and 16 MB RAM), AmigaPPC (WarpOS) and Amithlon. Gfx cards
(HiColor), sound cards (AHI), 4 player adapters and much more is supported. A MorphOS support is currently under development.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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04.Dec.2002
Russ Norrby (ANF)
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AmigaOne's available & Amiga Repair
Mr. Hardware Computers is happy to announce that we are selling AmigaOne
Systems and motherboards. We have packages on our site and can configure
any system to your liking. you should atleast order your AmigaOne
motherboard ASAP because there are a limited number of boards. We have a
huge listing of new and used Amiga parts. We even repair your Amiga
Classics. Based out of New York, USA we ship internationally.
Amiga since 1985
http://www.mrhardwarecomputers.com (ps)
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03.Dec.2002
OSNews / Anton Klotz (ANF)
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OSnews: Teron-Boards from Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
Anton Klotz:
As OSNews reports will Terra Soft Solutions,
Inc. present an ATX board with PowerPC. It is a Teron board with a 600 MHz G3 PPC
with Articia Northbridge from Mai. The operating system will be Yellow Dog Linux.
As Nicolas Blachford states will MorphOS run on it.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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03.Dec.2002
Steffen Häuser / Hyperion Entertainment (ANF)
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Two new Quake2 Mods downloadable
Steffen Häuser:
On the Quake2 Amiga page are the new mods
- Roughnecks - (if you have seen "Starship Troopers" you will maybe recognize
something)
- Napalm II (all weapons are replaced by fire effects)
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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03.Dec.2002
IOSPIRIT (ANF)
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ARC 2002 News from IOSPIRIT
As already stated previously, IOSPIRIT will attend the Amiga + Retro Computing 2002 fair with an own booth. This said, we want to give you further information and news here.
Just in time for the fair we have received the produced fxPAINT 2.0 CD-ROMs. Thus, you can buy updates and full versions of this graphics allrounder at our booth. More detailed information on the new features in the latest and brand-new fxPAINT-release can be found at our pages for fxPAINT 2.0.
Also in time for the fair, development on VHI Studio 6.0 has been finalized. Besides many small improvements, support for USB-cardreaders (Poseidon only for now) and PCI-TV-boards under Amithlon (via AmithlonTV) are the highlights of this new version.
fxSCAN 4.0, released just a few months ago, will of course be available as well as all other products we have in our product portfolio.
This will also include the possibility to directly purchase a Poseidon license and an updated version of AmiATLAS 6 with updated data.
Finally we want to point out, that we will only be accepting EURO-cash at our booth. If you want to pay via credit card or eurocheque, you will of course also have the possibility to place a postal order (under the special show prices!) at our booth.
We are looking forward to your visit!
(ps)
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03.Dec.2002
Thomas Steiding (E-Mail)
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e.p.i.c. interactive at the Amiga+Retrocomputing 2002 in Aachen, Germany
We will be guests at the stand of falke media during the Amiga +
Retrocomputing show in Aachen this year. Naturally you will be able to buy
all our Amiga products such as Software Tycoon, The Feeble Files or the
Earth 2140 series games a.o. at very special prices directly at our stand.
For the first time we will present some of our products in native MorphOS
versions on the Pegasos, among these will be bussiness simulation Software
Tycoon and Simon The Sorcerer 2. In addition we will also present two brand
new games for MorphOS/Pegasos. The first is our carzy arcade fun shooter
Birdie Shoot which we originally developed for Windows and Macintosh. Fans
of real-time strategy fans will be treated to a demonstration of empire
builder Knights and Merchants, which will be released shortly for the
Pegasos.
More information on both Knights and Merchants and Birdie Shoot can
be found in the projects section of our homepage. The first 25 customers at
our stand will receive a free Earth 2140 mousepad. So, make sure you visit
us early.
(ps)
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03.Dec.2002
Mariusz Wloczysiak (E-Mail)
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Elbox: Spider USB 2.0 working in High-Speed mode
Elbox is pleased to inform that development of the USB EHCI High-Speed
driver for the Spider USB 2.0 card for Mediator busboards has been completed.
The new Spider EHCI driver provides all three USB speeds: High-Speed,
Full-Speed and Low-Speed.
Up to now the EHCI controller (the main part of the Spider USB 2.0
controller) was not activated. The Spider cards worked as two independent
OHCI (USB 1.1) controllers with 5 USB ports. Now you can take advantage
of the EHCI (USB 2.0) and two OHCI (USB 1.1) controllers included in
the Spider board.
The first public demonstration of the Spider USB 2.0 PCI card working
in the Mediator system in the High-Speed (USB 2.0) mode will have place
in the AMIGA+RETRO Computing 2002 show in Aachen on 07 December 2002.
During the show, Spider USB 2.0 PCI cards will be available for purchase,
exclusively at the Vesalia Computer stand. Contact Vesalia before the show
to make sure the Spider USB 2.0 cards will not run out of the show stock
before you have one for yourself.
Spider USB 2.0, the fastest and most advanced USB solution for Amiga
computers, will be presented with various USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 devices
like USB HDD, USB ZIP, USB CD, USB card reader/writer, USB keyboard
and USB mice. Spider USB 2.0 will be working in the PCI slot of
the Mediator PCI 1200 SX.
All the registered Spider USB 2.0 High-Speed card users will receive the
new Spider EHCI driver as a FREE software update just after the
AMIGA+RETRO Computing 2002 show.
(ps)
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03.Dec.2002
Raquel Velasco or Bill Buck (E-Mail)
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Genesi Press Release about the April® Chip for PegasosPPC
bplan GmbH and Thendic-France SARL
Announce Completion of April® Chip for PegasosPPC
Paris, France - December 3rd, 2002. bplan GmbH and Thendic-France SARL,
both soon to be acquired by Genesi
S.à.r.l. of Luxembourg, are pleased to announce the
development and final certification of the April® chip. The April® chip
adds new functionality to the successful Articia® chipset developed by
Mai Logic Incorporated of Fremont, California. Mai Logic, an
innovative technology design house of integrated circuits/systems,
worked with bplan to develop the first prototype of the April® chip. The
April® chip enables Mai and Genesi licensees to offer PPC based computer
systems that can compete in today's quickly evolving IT environment.
The Pegasos will be the first platform to offer
the April® chip and will be commercially launched at the Amiga+Retro
Computing 2002 in Aachen, Germany 7-8 December.
"We were very pleased to have worked with Mai Logic on this
development," said Gerald Carda, Chief Technology Officer of bplan.
"Through our collaborative efforts, we were able to leverage Mai's
expertise in PowerPC-based chipset/system development and manufacturing
technologies and our own knowledge of system design, architecture and
software to bring the April® development to a successful conclusion.
The Articia® and April® can be used together to promote an exciting
alternative platform for the desktop, portable computer and
sub-notebook marketplace.
The Pegasos incorporates the Articia® and April® chip with either a
PowerPC 750FX processor or a G4 processor, operating at 800 MHz or
higher. A dual CPU module release is planned for 2003. In addition to
the standard enterprise applications and other state-of-the-art
functions to satisfy the most demanding users, the Pegasos platform
will offer many state of the art functions. For example, smart card and
bar code modules have been prepared to work with the platform. A
handheld version of the Pegasos is currently being developed with a
planned release in 2003.
Genesi, Innovation for the Future
MorphOS is also being launched at Amiga+Retro Computing 2002. MorphOS
is a new operating system for PowerPC RISC microprocessors and was
developed for the Pegasos. MorphOS runs on the Pegasos and on the Mai
Logic Teron CX and Teron PX evaluation boards. MorphOS functions on
603e, 604e, 750 and 7400 (Original G4) PowerPC processors. In the
future MorphOS will also run on other Open Firmware based PowerPC
machines. Genesi will also be release an internally developed
CD-bootable version of DebianPPC at Amiga+Retro Computing 2002 for
Linux users. Additionally, a first quarter 2003 Pegasos release of
OpenBSD is expected.
The Pegasos on sale NOW!
The Pegasos can now be purchased through any of the following vendors:
And coming soon to:
- USA http://www.aztekcomputers.com/
- Australia/NZ http://www.boinghosting.com.au/
Articia® is the registered trademarks or trademarks of Mai Logic
Incorporated. April® is the registered trademark of Genesi S.à.r.l.
For more information, please contact:
Raquel Velasco or Bill Buck
+33 1 43662800
bplan@thendic-france.com
(ps)
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03.Dec.2002
Amiga Inc.
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Amiga announces partnership with Extreme Computing
Amiga announces partnership with Extreme Computing to provide Amiga licensed merchandise
AmigaMall will provide on-line solution for customers desiring AMIGA®
products.
(Snoqualmie, WA) December 2, 2002 - Amiga has announced the creation
of a partnership with Extreme Computing to provide customers with a source
to purchase Amiga licensed clothing and merchandise. The "AmigaMall"
e-commerce site will provide both Amiga branded clothing and merchandise
as well as Extreme computer systems. The AmigaMall can be accessed from
the Amiga Website or via
mall.amiga.com.
"We are very happy to be able to enter into this partnership with
Extreme Computing to provide these types of products" said Vince
Pfeifer, Vice President of Operations. "Having Extreme handle all
of our physical product fulfillment allows us to focus our resources on
delivering software solutions for our customers. The timing of this agreement
allows customers to purchase products in time for the holiday season."
"We are very pleased to be able to work with Amiga Inc. on this
project" said Todd Gustafson, CEO of Extreme Computing. "We
feel it is important to keep the Amiga spirit alive, and the AmigaMall
is just one way to keep things going in the right direction. We plan to
continue offering unique and fun Amiga products, and we will update our
website with new products throughout the new year".
About Amiga:
Amiga, Inc. established itself in 1985 as the premier provider of multimedia
technologies to the world. Its award-winning software has been a mainstay
for motion picture studios, government agencies, and entertainment enthusiasts
from around the world. Today Amiga continues to lead the way in multimedia
development by providing developers with hardware-independent technologies
for writing and porting applications to a new hardware-agnostic, multimedia
platform. Amiga Anywhere powered with intent from the Tao Group, enables
applications to run unchanged on a broad range of processors including
ARM, StrongARM, Intel X-Scale, OMAP, MIPS, Intel x86, Motorola 68K, and
Hitachi SH. It can run hosted on a wide variety of operating systems including
Windows CE .NET, Windows 9x, 2000, and XP. Amiga Anywhere applications
can be purchased online at www.shopamiga.com
Amiga is based in Snoqualmie, Wash. For more information, call 425-396-5660
or visit www.amiga.com (ps)
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02.Dec.2002
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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ARC 2002 News: New hardware vendor "Creative Development"
The recently founded company Creative Development
will presumably show a
new USB card called Ultrabus for classic Amiga computers at the AMIGA + RETRO COMPUTING 2002
show at the booth of Vesalia. "Ultrabus" has got four USB ports and can
be used in Zorro Amigas as well as on the clockport of an Amiga 1200. In
Zorro mode, a flash memory with 512k capacity can hold the complete USB
stack, so USB devices are available right after a cold boot. This enables
booting from USB storage devices.
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02.Dec.2002
Mariusz Wloczysiak (E-Mail)
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Elbox: Mediator PCI 4000Di sales begins
The first batch of the Mediator PCI 4000Di busboards for Amiga 4000
in the standard desktop case is available from today.
To find the distributor near you or to order directly from our on-line
store please go to our Where To Buy section.
If you would like to buy Mediator PCI 4000Di in AMIGA+RETRO Computing 2002,
book it in Vesalia (order@vesalia.de) as soon as possible, as the number
of boards for sale on the show is limited. A special FREE Mediator T-shirt
is reserved for everyone who buys Mediator PCI 4000Di during the show.
The detailed specification of the Mediator PCI 4000Di: see the
product page. (ps)
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02.Dec.2002
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: Workbench gallery Update
The Workbench gallery on the Amiga Future homepage was updated.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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02.Dec.2002
Jan Andersen (E-Mail)
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Virus Help Denmark started new Amiga forum
Jan Andersen:
Today we have started a new service for you all, and that is the new
"Virus Help Team Forum". Here you can write and ask about Amiga viruses
or anti-virus programs, or you can even help other Amiga users with
problems, that might not be caused by virus, who knows, that is up to
all of you. We will check the forum as much as we can, to help you out
if you have any problems with viruses or anti-virus programs on your
Amiga. You can find a link to the "VHT Forum" here:
http://home4.inet.tele.dk/vht-dk/amiga/news.htm.
(ps)
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02.Dec.2002
Mariusz Wloczysiak (E-Mail)
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Elbox: New driver for Spider USB 2.0 High-Speed card
The SpiderUP 1.11 update for the Spider USB 2.0 High-Speed card has been
made available today.
Changes in usb.device ver.1.11: - speed improvements
The usb.device 1.11 requires the Poseidon stack ver.1.31 as a minimum.
Info on the current versions is available in the DOWNLOADS |
Mediator section. (ps)
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02.Dec.2002
Mariusz Wloczysiak (E-Mail)
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Elbox: MediatorUP 3.6 & MM CD UP 1.20
The MediatorUP 3.6 update for Mediator PCI 3/4000T, Mediator PCI 4000D,
Mediator PCI 4000, Mediator PCI 3000D, Mediator PCI 1200 SX,
Mediator PCI 1200, Mediator PCI ZIV and for the newest Mediator
model--Mediator PCI 4000Di has been made available today.
The update includes the new version of: · Voodoo.card driver
Changes:
Voodoo.card driver ver. 2.19 - improved quality of the display
generated by VSA-100 (Voodoo 4/5)
The MM CD 1.19 update for the users of Mediator PCI 3/4000T,
Mediator PCI 4000D, Mediator PCI 4000, Mediator PCI 3000D,
Mediator PCI 1200 SX, Mediator PCI 1200, Mediator PCI ZIV
and Mediator PCI 4000Di busboards, who are registered owners of
the Mediator Multimedia CD has been released today.
The update includes the new version of: · Voodoo.card driver
Changes:
Voodoo.card driver ver. 4.19 - improved quality of the display
generated by VSA-100 (Voodoo 4/5)
Info on the current versions is available in DOWNLOADS |
Mediator
section. (ps)
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02.Dec.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Lotto / BabeAnoid News / Aqua-Demo
BabeAnoid:
Many of you will still remember the demo version of the Breakout clone
"BabeAnoid" by Richard Fhager. After he stopped the development due
to disappointing feedback, I am pleased to be able to announce that the work was taken up again and even an other PD
game will be developed. Richard Fhager is among other things well-known as the author of games
like "Dawn video Poker", "Titris", "Spaceball2000". I can
appeal only again and again to you to send a short E-Mail to the
developers if you like one of the mentioned programs!
Aqua - Demoversion Light
A new demo version of the adventure "Aqua" is now available. This playable
demo (9MB) contains no animations and intros.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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02.Dec.2002
Stefan Ruppert (ANF)
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Tool: UniView V40.9 Update, SDK dtwindow.class
Stefan Ruppert:
After some time of beeing away from the Amiga (due to time lacking and
defective hardware) I have found the time to release a small update for the MultiView replacement program UniView. This update does not add any additional functionality. The following modifications were
made:
- Some adjustments and smaller optimizations in dtwindow.class.
- Documentation adapted.
- UniView is Shareware without restrictions. Fee US 10$ or 10 EURO.
- Documentation of dtwindow.class created.
- SDK dtwindow.class
P.S.: The server is connected via DSL, thus please do not expect fast
downloads... Additionally I would like to publish my Amiga programs
and also source codes on my server. However this can take some time...
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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02.Dec.2002
Andreas Kürzinger (ANF)
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Mail program: New developer version of YAM 2.4-dev [ 020 ] BETA
Since yesterday there is a new developer version 2.4 of the
mail program YAM available, which is now available as Open Source. This
version is a version in development, which possibly still contains
a lot of bugs. There will be no warranty or support by the
developer team. Inquiries to developer versions by E-Mail remain
likewise unanswered. Use it on own danger!
The changes made can be found in this document. Additional information can be found at the Yamos SourceForge-homepage.
Download: YAM24Dev.lzx
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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01.Dec.2002
Amiga Future
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Emulator: MAME V0.60 for MorphOS
Fabien Coeurjoly has released version V0.60 of his port of the Multi Arcade
Machine Emulator 'MAME' for MorphOS. The
following changes have been implemented, compared to the previous version:
- New: Publication of the MorphOS specific source code
- New: AHI sound support
- Change: Slightly accelerated gfx output
Beside version V0.60, MAME V0.37b16 with AHI support is available for download.
This also supports a colour depth of 8 bits, while MAME V0.60 works only with
a colour depth of 16 bits.
Further information on the emulator are accessible through the title link.
Download:
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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01.Dec.2002
Oliver "Bladerunner" Hummel (ANF)
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Emulator: Bernd Meyer of Amithlon fame calls it quits
Visitors to www.amithlon.net will have
noticed that the site has been closed.
In his statement Bernd Meyer is giving the reason for taking this step, and
that he will stop working on Amithlon and its potential successor Amithlon V2
aka Berniethlon, aka Umilator. (sd) (Translation: cb)
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01.Dec.2002
AmigaArt
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GoldED Studio AIX: GoldED barebone package, service pack #4
Already on November, 28th 2002 had the editor 'GoldED' been released in a special
barebone version as well as had been the service pack #4 for GoldED Studio AIX been released.
GoldED Barebones:
The new GoldED Barebones package is a GoldED AIX distribution reduced to the
bare essentials at an attractive price, with the added bonus of
CygnusED-inspired configuration.
GoldED Studio AIX:
Service pack 4 is now available for registered users. Major new feature is the
integration with gcc. This update is only available in form of a replacement CD
due to the enormous increase in size after adding gcc (67 MB were added since the
last version). Price: 10 EUR.
(sd) (Translation: wk)
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01.Dec.2002
AmigaArt
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AmigaOne: screenshots from Istanbul with Linux
At AmigaArt have screenshots from Istanbul of an AmigaOne G3 SE (PPCBoot revision) running under Debian Linux PPC 3.0 been released.
The photos show: Debian 3.0 PPC with KDE2 and Gnome 1.4,
Sin by Activision (port done by Hyperion) as LinuxPPC demo version, Mozilla 1.0 and UAE LinuxPPC.
The release of further photos has been announced.
(sd) (Translation: wk)
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01.Dec.2002
Amiga Future
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TV: AmithlonTV Beta 177
On 1st December 2002, the beta version 177 of 'AmithlonTV' has been released.
This is a driver package which allows the use of TV cards under Amithlon.
TVWatch is a small and easy to use example of a TV application which offers all
features needed for the setup of TV and radio. Compared to version 166, the
following changes have been made:
AmithlonTV Beta 177:
This is a special test version for users experiencing audio problems with TV
cards with the msp3xxx audio chip.
Test results about the function of all audio sources (SVHS, FBAS, Tuner) may be
sent to the AmithlonTV developers.
AmithlonTV Beta 170:
New VHI-Studio driver offering Multi-Channel support and also supporting all
other features of AmithlonTV and VHI-Studio.
Some small bug fixes.
New audio_msptest.lib which is automatically loaded for bug hunting. All users
with audio problems are kindly asked to establish and activate all external and
internal audio connections and carry out the following test.
- CD player/Audio source as input.
- Start TVWatch, open channel settings
- Switch Audio input to all available types.
- Report each working Audio output.
Download: AmithlonTV_Beta177.lha
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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01.Dec.2002
KDH News (ANF)
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USB: 'Thankyou' to all USB HIGHWAY owners
KDH Datentechnik writes:
"On the occasion of the Amiga und Retro Messe in Aachen, E3B and KDH
would like to thank the owners of the USB card HIGHWAY. With your
purchase you have been supporting an innovative product on the Amiga Classic.
As a small thankyou we are offering the owners of the HIGHWAY card the chance
to win a NORWAY Ethernet card. At the Amiga und Retro Messe on 07/08
December in Aachen we will draw a winner on both show days.
Prerequisite for the participation in the prize drawing is that the
registration card for the USB HIGWAY card has been filled out, sent in and has
been received by us. All registration cards received by us until 6th December
2002 are eligible.
All decisions are final. The draw will be carried out by KDH Datentechnik and E3B." (sd) (Translation: cb)
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KDH News (ANF)
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ARC 2002 News: KDH Datentechnik show news
KDH Datentechnik write:
"KDH Datentechnik will be present at this year's Amiga und Retro Messe
in Aachen with a sales and demo booth.
E3B will be presenting the USB cards SUBWAY and HIGHWAY, as well
as the Ethernet module NORWAY live at our booth, and give you a survey
over which USB devices you are able to use on your Classic Amiga. The newest
POSEIDON Software (THE Amiga USB software standard by Chris Hodges)
will naturally also be present, and will be included as a full version with the
products HIGHWAY and SUBWAY.
Experience how the USB cards SUBWAY and HIGHWAY connect your Classic Amiga with
the newest developments on the computer market. Furthermore we are offering you
to try out your USB devices directly on our USB boards and have all open
questions answered by the USB cards' developer, Michael Böhmer.
Of course we will be offering attractive bundles of all USB boards with other
USB products for purchase at our booth.
Further Demo and sales highlights at the KDH booth:
The Amiga One will be presented by our Austrian partner 'Point Design'
Jürgen Schober, who will also gladly answer all questions regarding the AmigaOne.
Pegasos boards will be available in sufficient quantities for sale (this
joyous piece of news was received from Bill Buck of Thendic France
just in time for the show). All Pegasos boards will be delivered and sold by
KDH with the SE version of the new game 'Tales of Tamar'. The full
version of 'Tales of Tamar' will also be offered at our sales booth, and can be
viewed in full action at Eternity's booth.
All products by individual Computers will be available from us.
Especially noteworthy are above all the new 'Catweasel Flipper' and the
new 'X-Surf-2' Ethernet card.
Apart from all that we are offering the complete Amiga product pallette at
attractive show prices, including an antiquarian department.
As we also have MAC products in our product line, we will also offer a
wide range of MAC software at fantastic show prices.
Come to Aachen for the meeting of all friends of the Amiga, show your support
for the Amiga. Get to know likeminded Amiga friends, or meet old acquaintances
and talk shop about your favourite hobby, the Amiga. We will do our best to
make the event a success for the Amiga. Please help with your visit.
We are looking forward to seeing you there.
Yours
Horbach family
KDH Datentechnik"
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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Vector tracer: GUI for autotrace completed
Carsten Siegner writes:
"Today I have completed the 'Final GUI' for autotracer.
Autotracer is a very fast vector tracer for 68k (faster than XTrace!!) and
knows lots of different input and output formats:"
Input formats (a.o.):
AVI Microsoft Audio/Visual Interleaved
BMP Microsoft Windows bitmap image
EPDF Encapsulated Portable Document Format
EPI Adobe Encapsulated PostScript Interchange format
EPS Adobe Encapsulated PostScript
GIF CompuServe graphics interchange format
HTTP Uniform Resource Locator (http://)
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group JFIF format
JPG Joint Photographic Experts Group JFIF format
MPEG MPEG Video Stream
PCL Page Control Language
PDF Portable Document Format
PICT Apple Macintosh QuickDraw/PICT
PNG Portable Network Graphics
PNM Portable anymap
PPM Portable pixmap format (color)
PS3 Adobe Level III PostScript
RLA Alias/Wavefront image
SGI Irix RGB image
SHTML Hypertext Markup Language and a client-side image map
SVG Scalable Vector Gaphics
TIFF Tagged Image File Format
YUV CCIR 601 4:1:1 or 4:2:2
Output formats (a.o.):
eps Encapsulated PostScript
ai Adobe Illustrator
svg Scalable Vector Graphics
fig XFIG 3.2
swf Shockwave Flash 3
mif FrameMaker MIF format
pdf PDF format
dr2d IFF DR2D format
"As autotrace can do pdf, ai or dr2d, it's excellently usable for Pagestream,
Drawstudio or Apdf.
However, you need a certain degree of understanding of tracing settings for the
use of 'Vectormaker', as there are loads of options.
I have made it available for download on my home page."
Download: Vectormaker.lzx
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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ARC 2002: DJK/VFL Giesenkirchen sponsored by Thendic&BPlan
Press announcement re ARC 2002:
"The DJK/VFL Giesenkirchen's football team, which is sponsored by Thendic
and BPlan, will attend the AMIGA + RETRO COMPUTING on Sunday, 8th December
2002. We are wishing the team the best of luck for the match against the TuS
Wickrath, which will take place on 7th December."
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: New prize draw
Andreas Magerl writes:
"As of today, a new prize draw is online on the Amiga Future home page.
In order to win the full version of EaSys, you only have to send in your charts
to the editors.
http://www.amigafuture.de/interactive/verlosung.php"
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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freecd (E-Mail)
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freeCD: Almost Real, Digital Postcard System, Racer
With 'Almost Real - The Directors Cut' (Amiga), a new CD has been released in
the freeCD series. The 'Digital Postcard System' (WWW) allows deferred sending
of holiday cards, and the CD 'Racer' (Linux, Mac, Windows) is announced for
February 2003. In case of enough interest, a port of this car simulation to
Amiga systems is possible.
Almost Real - The Directors Cut (Amiga)
This CD contains flight simulations and further material on the theme of
flying. In this version, the flight simulation 'flightcontrol' has been added.
Additionally there are now paper models of various military aircraft as well as
photos of the Airbus A320 and the Ju52.
Digital Postcard System (WWW)
This system allows to write the holiday cards already before leaving and later
have them sent automatically by the computer.
Photos of Argentine, Brazil, Germany, Mexico, Italy, Belgium, animals, general
places as well as greeting cards are included.
Furthermore, own photos may be uploaded.
Racer (Linux, Mac, Windows)
'Racer' is a simulation for cars, which very accurately simulates different
cars from the domains classics, race cars and street cars. The cars can be
tested on tracks like Indianapolis and Le Mans.
Expected release date for this CD is February 2003 for Linux, Mac and Windows.
AmigaOS and MorphOS developers interested in a conversion are welcome and may
contact freeCD.
Further information on the products as well as supply sources are accessible
through the title link.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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AmiATLAS Development Team (E-Mail)
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Route planner: AmiATLAS 6 - new version for ARC 2002
The AmiATLAS Development Team writes:
"A new version of AmiATLAS 6 will be released for the Aachen show!
Although over the last months most of the remaining Amiga users have been very
reserved in their purchase behaviour, probably not least of all hoping for new
hardware, work on AmiATLAS 6 has been going on continuously...
For the show, a new edition will be released with fully updated (as per 4th
quarter 2002) and expanded data stock. Now, among other things, with the most
current touristic information and some more, like infos about number plates of
all supported countries.
That's an increase of about 200%, compared to the old version!
Not forgetting the updated map material, e.g. Germany now with the complete
Autobahn network with all clearances until end of 2002!
In the program itself, lots of reported bugs have been fixed and some
optimisations implemented, and of course, as far as possible, some users'
wishes realised. Supported languages now are German, English, French and
Italian.
The new version of AmiATLAS 6 including new improved cover design has already
been shipped in sufficient quantities to KDH Datentechnik and IOSPIRIT for sale
at the show. APC & TCP will also have some copies.
Due to organisational reasons, updates can only be shipped shortly after the
show. And of course, as always, only to registered users of AmiATLAS 6.
Please mail requests or wishes to:
AmiATLAS@gmx.net"
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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