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30.Mar.2001
Stefan Falke on ANF


New EZP@gerNG Versions
The latest unregistered version 1.4 of EZP@gerNG is available in the download area for free, from today.

There all registered EZP@gerNG users will also find an update archive with which you can update your registered software from version 1.3 to version 1.4.

With the EZP@gerNG, you can reliably send messages to mobile phones and pagers without annoying ads. Sending e-mail through the internet is also supported.


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30.Mar.2001
A.C.T.-News


A.C.T. presenting Plans for Multimedia Network Machine
The AV-NetNode will be an embedded system with a real-time OS which can play besides DVD, VCD, etc. also MP3 from both CD and network from (any!) server platforms.

Also, the system offers MPEG-2 real-time recording (hardware-based), planned are VCD and DVD authoring tools. MIDI, audio and video editing are planned as well as online games, internet access, etc.

First de¿veloper machines are supposed to appear late autumn 2001, but as the entire software will be available as a desktop system, too, developers could probably make acquaintance with the system before.

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30.Mar.2001
Suite101.com


John Chandler Article: Amiga Handhelds
John Chandler monthly writes articles about Amiga at Suite101.com. This time, he wrote about the Amiga Handhelds which have been much-discussed last month. Read the entire article at the title link.

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30.Mar.2001
Richard Kapp on ANF


Again new SendStuff Version
At the title link, you can find the new version 0.4 of SendStuff. SendStuff is a program with which you can send files simply by drag'n'drop to any directory or device (either copy or move).

The most important new features:
  • Some bugfixes (e.g. Multiview problem with the online help)
  • Move mode (you can now move files)
  • Cycle gadget to switch between copy and move modes.


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30.Mar.2001
Christoph Meier on ANF


Heise: Corel makes Profit Despite Low Sales
»Even if only barely, the software company Corel would make some profit in the first quarter. Despite strongly decreasing sales, the graphics software specialist could reach a profit of 534,000 USD, or one cent per share. In view of being deep in the red in the business year 2000 and the last quarters, Corel is of course happy, since with the presentation of the year's results, getting into the black was announced for the third quarter 2001.«
Entire article (German) at the title link.

More news on the topic:
The Register: Corel's profit, sales predictions hit

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30.Mar.2001
Darek Dulian on ANF


Elbox: Does SharkPPC G3/G4 work only in G-Rex Busboard?
Elbox was frequently asked whether their SharkPPC G3/G4 board works with the G-REX busboard by DCE. In the mail you can find at the title link, Darek Dulian of Elbox explains, why it does not work and cannot work.

Since I doubt that and I am no technician and cannot judge whether the claims of Elbox are correct, I have contacted Thomas Dellert from DCE and asked him for a statement. He cannot and won't leave Elbox's claims as they are and will send us a counterstatement in the next days.

Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 23:58:28 +0200
From: ELBOX support@elbox.com.pl
Subject: [Fwd: [Amiga-Mediator] Watch out: Insider's comments on G-Rex]

I am sending you a message delivered today to the Mediator news-list.
You may find it interesting.

Darek Dulian
ELBOX COMPUTER

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [Amiga-Mediator] Watch out: Insider's comments on G-Rex
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 23:00:40 +0200
From: ELBOX support@elbox.com
Reply-To: Amiga-Mediator@yahoogroups.com
Organization: ELBOX COMPUTER
To: Amiga-Mediator@yahoogroups.com, G-REX@yahoogroups.com

Hi,

We have received a number of inquiries about whether the
SharkPPC G3/G4 card could be used in the G-REX busboard.

Here is the response to clear up these doubts:

The SharkPPC G3/G4 card is a PCI-standard card which
meets all the requirements of the PCI 2.2 specification.
We are using PCI CPC710 bridge chips by IBM
(http://www.chips.ibm.com/products/powerpc/chips/)
in SharkPPC cards.

Designing the Mediator busboard, we have foreseen mechanisms
to enable full use of the functions offered by the MPC710
interface, which operates as the Mediator PCI  busarbiter.
This required, firstly, implementing the full system for
busmastering management in the PCI slots of Mediator
and the full implementation of interruption system specified
by the PCI standard.

The G-REX busboard design (called PREDATOR in some countries)
has been made available for some weeks now.
The G-REX design is based on the single-slot simplified bridge
designed only with the aim of supporting a graphic card;
this bridge was previously composed within the BVision card.
Applying this bridge in the G-REX busboard resulted in a number
of limitations. The most important of them are:

1. Complete lack of support for the busmastering (DMA)
   between PCI slots (the lines controlling busmastering -
   GNT#, REQ# are not physically connected to the 2nd, 3rd,
   4th and 5th G-REX slot).

   This makes the operation of PCI cards impossible, which
   cannot use their mutual resources without overloading the
   processor.  Therefore, the G-REX busboard is not capable
   of offering what Elbox presented in the WOA2000 fair, where
   a TV card in the PCI slot was writing as busmaster data to
   Voodoo3 graphic card at full speed without intermediation
   of the processor.

2. Lack of a parity control system (the PAR parity line
   is not physically connected to the control logics of the
   busboard).

   It means that many standard popular PCI cards will not run
   in this busboard.

3. Reduction of the interruption system from 4 to 1
   - the interruption lines (INTB#, INTC#, INTD#) are not
   physically connected to PCI slots.

The processor card could be then installed only in the 1st
slot, the one to which GNT and REQ signals are connected
(which enable taking over controlling address/data buses).

However, as the G-REX busboard does not support (DMA)
busmastering between slots, co-operation of the PCI processor
cards with any cards working in this mode is impossible.
All the currently produced TV, USB, FastEthernet and more
advanced music cards (e.g. Sound Blaster Live) work solely
in the busmastering mode.

These limitations in G-REX make installation of any advanced
processor cards in it useless and ineffective.

I am really embarrassed to read letters from people who
-- having no idea about hardware -- give their opinions on
various products or designs.
Elbox is a company present in the electronics for many years.
Elbox employs high-standard engineers electronicians
and programmers.

We are not in the habit of commenting devices or software,
but here we make an exception, as the level of misinformation
in the ML like this one reached its critical level.

Best regards,
Darek Dulian
ELBOX COMPUTER, Support Department

For info, links, joining and unsubbing from this group see:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Amiga-Mediator
Please do not request the latest driver updates... ask elbox


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30.Mar.2001
David Gerber via E-Mail


New Software for MorphOS: Voyager-PPC 3.3.92beta
David Gerber, one of the programmers of Voyager, has ported the popular browser to MorphOS and released a first beta version (3.3.92). This is the original message:

The first version of Voyager PPC native is available from any VaporWare mirror near you. There's a snippet from the readme file:

This is the first version of Voyager running on PPC native. It is still a public beta version but doesn't require a keyfile to run in demo mode. Everyone can appreciate the speed gain.

MorphOS 0.4 or higher required. You can download MorphOS from http://www.morphos.de/

You *must* install the PPC image decoder version coming in the archive and make sure the old one isn't left in memory (if in doubt, reboot). It's still backward compatible with the V 68k version.

You need the Plugins/ dir of the V3.2 full version to make this version run. Copy the included plugins over any of the old ones.

Differences with the 68k version:
---------------------------------
- it's much faster :)
- SSL is currently disabled
- JS is currently disabled

They will be added in a later version.

Important: due to some last minute bugs, Voyager-PPC seems to require MUI 3.9 to run. You have to install MUIPPC (available from the MorphOS fileslinks section).

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30.Mar.2001
Mikael Persson via E-Mail


The Coolest Amiga on Earth II
Yesterday, we presented in the article The coolest Amiga on Earth! Mikael Persson's Amiga. Some people doubted about the authenty of the pictures. We contacted Mikael and he sent us three more pictures proving that his Amiga, built into a table, really exists.


The pictures were also put on Aminet, more details can be found in the readme files.

Hipsamtab4.readme
Hipsamtab5.readme
Hipsamtab6.readme

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30.Mar.2001
Amiga-OPEN-ML / Jorge Pino on ANF


Internet-Relay-Chat (IRC) during the Gateway Computer Show in St. Louis
Amiga Inc. invites to a chat during the Gateway Computer Show in St. Louis. Gary Peake and/or Fleecy Moss will dispel rumors and answer to questions on announcements which are made during the show. Here the original message:

Greetings Amiga users around the world,

Amiga Inc. would like to extend an invitation for you to join us on Internet Relay Chat before, during and after the Gateway Computer Show Amiga 2001 in St. Louis.

Amiga supporters, employees and developers and those with interest in Amiga Inc. are welcome.

Amiga notaries are destined to drop in for chat and it is very likely, as time permits, that Gary Peake and/or Fleecy Moss will be joining to address questions and dispel rumors that may be lingering after announcements made at the show.

To join other Amiga users, point your IRC client at any of the following servers and join the channel #developer.

AmigaNet Servers:

whiterose.us.amiganet.org
linux.us.amiganet.org
thule.no.amiganet.otg
spod.uk.amiganet.org


Join channel: #developer

We'll see you all there!

Cheers,
Amiga Support Network

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30.Mar.2001
Elbox via E-Mail


ELBOX Computer: New Software for Mediator PCI Busboard
ELBOX COMPUTER - Krakow, 29 March 2001

REVOLUTION BEGINS:
COMPLETELY NEW SOFTWARE
FOR MEDIATOR PCI BUSBOARD
  • pci.library ver.3.0
  • Voodoo.card ver.2.0
  • MediatorNET.device ver.2.0

ELBOX Computer programmers have been committed to preparing this new revolutionary software for the last couple of months.

Enhancements made in the programming stage offer the user performance that has never been available for Amiga users before.

The new pci.library ver.3.0 enables access to the Config Space, I/O Space and Memory Space in PCI cards directly in the address space of the turbo card processor. Access to the PCI Memory Space is executed through the continuous 1.7 GB area.

The new PCI library supports all the turbo cards with processors: 68030, 68040 (& PPC603e), 68060 (& PPC603e).

The new Voodoo.card driver ver.2.0 enables full control over the memory of the graphic card used as a frame buffer by the P96 system.

This allows using the maximum resolutions offered by the Voodoo3/4/5 cards.

And now something special: the new Voodoo driver offers the possibility of overclocking memory in Voodoo cards for the first time in Amiga.

We are sure this new piece of software will make your work and enjoyment much more effective and playful.

Mariusz Wloczysiak
ELBOX COMPUTER, Press Department

PS. You may want to check the unofficial e-group on MEDIATOR:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Amiga-Mediator
For subscribe mailto Amiga-Mediator-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

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30.Mar.2001
Dennis Lohr via E-Mail


New Song by Psyria
Psyria is a music project which produces songs exclusively with the AMIGA. After about seven weeks, the Psyria homepage was updated.

Dennis Lohr wrote:
»First of all, a new song (MP3) is available for download in top quality. The song "Sleppy Miriam" was transformed by request of the original composer "Techno Overdose" into a club mix. The original song is available at Techno Overdose.

Further, I am negotiating with my "old" record company again. Soon, there will be a new contract. The release of the first record was (if all goes well) aimed for summer 2001 on "Masonic Records distributed by Virgin Europe". (Keep your fingers crossed :-))

Also, I'd like to remind of the other songs which are available for download, as well as the forum and guestbook. Everybody can post his comments on the songs, the homepage and anything else there.«

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29.Mar.2001
Schatztruhe


Aminet CD 42 - 04/2001
Aminet CD 42 - April 2001 - contains over 800 MB (unpacked) of software in more than 900 archives. Since Aminet CD 41 numerous MBs of innovations have been added.

As special highlight Aminet 42 contains the full version of SuperView Productivity Suite by Andreas R. Kleinert with cheap opportunity to upgrade to SuperView Productivity Suite II.

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29.Mar.2001
Pawel Filipczak on ANF


New TaskiSMS
Pawel 'Paplo/Taski' Filipczak, Taski has published version 3.51 of his program TaskiSMS. Using this program short messages (SMS) can be sent cia cell phone to 112 countries.
  • Some bugs in the main program fixed.
  • New Plug-in for Switzerland (DiAx).
  • New Plug-in for the Czech Republic and Slovakia (D1cz)
  • More send information.
  • Updated Polish translation (others to follow, soon)

You can download the demo version from the TaskiSMS website or from AmiNet.

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29.Mar.2001
Bernd on ANF


Fireball under Additional Address
Additionally to http://fireballmag.2000pages.com we are now also reachable under http://www.amiga-fireball.da.ru.

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29.Mar.2001
Dynamite Team on ANF


Dynamite Update 1.1- Download Now!
Today a new version of the online game dynAMIte has been published which of course is better, more colourful, and louder. Some bugs were fixed, a new bonus and a new chat command (/msg) were added. One new feature e.g. is the "Afterburner" which lets the flames last a bit longer.

For the time being Pulpfiction is the first server this new version runs on. And the rest (especially the mostly fastest server, RNO) hopefully would not take too long to 'wake up'.

Download: dynAMIte.lha - 2,2 MB

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29.Mar.2001
Virus Help Denmark


VirusExecutor V2.09 Released
Version 2.09 of the anti virus program 'VirusExecutor' has been released.
Here are the details:

Name: VirusExecutor v2.09
Archive name: VirusExecutor.lha
Archive size: 258.021 Bytes
Release date: 29. März 2001
Programmer: Jan Erik Olausen
Recommends: xvs.library (included), xfdmaster.library, reqtools.library

New in Version 2.09:
- OS 3.9 ROM-Updates added.
- SystemPatch added.

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29.Mar.2001
Alfred Sturm


New Aminet Uploads
LocalePL_OS39.lha    biz/dbase   79K+Polish locale for OS3.9 ver 1.5
tummy_020.lha        biz/dbase  887K+The Ultimate Magic Yard V1.05
tummy_040.lha        biz/dbase  888K+The Ultimate Magic Yard V1.05
tummy_060.lha        biz/dbase  887K+The Ultimate Magic Yard V1.05
NickServAuth.lha     comm/irc     1K+NickServ identify AmIRC script
UidlRem.lha          comm/mail    4K+Automatic daily YAM .uidl file deleter :
TaskiSMS.lha         comm/tcp   343K+Sends SMS to GSM phones (MUI).
Puchdemo.lha         demo/slide 1.4M+Really stupid slideshow demo. Swedish.
muimaster020.lha     dev/mui     98K+Muimaster.library 020 patch
TextEditorExam.lha   dev/src     11K+ReAction texteditor.gadget example
charlemagne.lha      docs/anno  744K+New C64 CD to release!
AIOV45.lha           docs/mags  437K+Amiga Information Online, Issue 45 (Marc
AquaDemo.lha         game/demo  2.6M+Demo of Aqua a great new commercial adve
FlashNG.lha          game/misc   74K+Small GPL Arkanoid clone with RTG suppor
angband.lha          game/role  726K+Angband 2.9.2 - Roguelike solo RPG
kangband.lha         game/role  842K+Kangband 2.9.2 - Roguelike solo RPG
MagicNumbers10.lha   game/think  33K+A small but good mind game
SvIVFix917.lha       gfx/misc     5K+*Fix* for SViewIV V9.17 (24.3.2001)
imdbDiff010316.lha   misc/imdb  2.0M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
listchopper.lha      misc/imdb   11K+Prevent buffer overflow in MovieMUI 3.5a
ThatsWhat.lha        mods/s3m   239K+That's what friends are for
TIM_0040.lha         pix/3dani  1.3M+TIM's rendered animations (Cinema4D)
GameIcons.lha        pix/gicon  490K+Great GlowIcons for MANY Amiga games.
fomst28.jpg          pix/henz   309K+NCC-1701D (Star Trek)
fomst29.jpg          pix/henz   280K+Romulan Warbird (Star Trek)
Hipsamtab1.jpg       pix/misc    57K+A picture of the best Amiga on earth! (r
Hipsamtab2.jpg       pix/misc    53K+A picture of the best Amiga on earth! (r
Hipsamtab3.jpg       pix/misc    51K+A picture of the best Amiga on earth! (r
Cruiser.jpg          pix/trace   54K+D7 Klingon Cruiser
StationK7.jpg        pix/trace   62K+Classik Series Star Trek"The K7 Station"
theworld.jpg         pix/views  100K+Poem with background pic
guideml2.lha         text/hyper  51K+Cool AmigaGuide -> HTML converter (V2.1)
AutomaticRead.lha    text/misc   40K+An Automatic Reader that speaks your tex
CGXrndLIB.lha        util/boot  1.6M+Random Bootpic.library Selector
titleshadow.lha      util/boot   20K+Add shadows or outines to your window ti
WoW.lha              util/conv   40K+Text converter (Html, Ww6, Rtf, AGuide, 
akJFIF-dt.lha        util/dtype 215K+AkJFIF-dt V44.97 (JPEG, 68000-060, PPC/M
akPNG-dt.lha         util/dtype 230K+AkPNG-dt V44.97 (PNG, 68000-060, PPC/MOS
akPNG-PPC.lha        util/dtype  79K+AkPNG-dt PPC plugin V44.97
akTIFF-dt.lha        util/dtype 226K+AkTIFF-dt V44.97 (TIFF, 68000-060, PPC/M
WarpPSDdt.lha        util/dtype  44K+Adobe Photoshop  datatype V44.1 (68k,War
ArgueGUIColl.lha     util/misc   53K+Argue GUI for SoftCinema, Moovid, Visage
ReqAttack_mgr.lha    util/misc    5K+RAPrefsMUI hungarian catalog


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29.Mar.2001
Thomas Steiding via E-Mail


"Knights and Merchants" to be Ported to MAC
e.p.i.c. interactive entertainment porting "Knights and Merchants"

e.p.i.c. interactive entertainment GmbH has signed an license agreement to port the real time strategy game "Knights and Merchants" to MAC.

The world "Knights and Merchants" plays in is a counterpart to the medieval age. Expect for the imaginary geography of our world all of the game contents were take from the European and especially from the Anglo-Saxo medieval times around 1200 u.C.. There are no additional fantastic elements as like e.g tale creatures used. The player takes the role of a simple captain serving the kings commands. Due to a confederacy against the king and his empire the captain (the player) gets assigned the job to defend the royal provinces remaining. Expect for this land the kingdom has fallen apart to many small principalities and counties. After disposal of the ancient empire was lost the king himself in his capital city gets threatened by hostile forces. This is the starting situation the player faces at the beginning of the game. The players task is to reconquer all of the provinces which have belonged to the ancient empire.

The game "Knights and Merchants" can be taken for a strategical economy simulation. Cardinally the economic part represents the main element of this game running in real-time. With numerous medieval buildings in combination with then customary producer goods can manufacture several wares. He lets build and maintain buildings and streets by his 'bondslaves'. The economic structures are simulated in detail whereby each ware is produced using several raw materials and passes the respectively number of manufacturing sites. All of those manufacturing systems are visualized in detail and comprehensible enabling the player to fast and reliable control economy. The result of all productive activities is the manufacture of weapons and armaments. Mentionable in this are the logistics the player prearranges by the structure of transport rout (streets). All of the wares must be transported between the houses by assistants which marks down planning of the town, production times, and buildings, thus the efficiency of economy. Also in this the player gets the transported wares graphically displayed. All game figures have their specific operational area and do their work independently. The do not depend on any control by the player. The players opportunities are limited to indirect commands for creating buildings, streets, corn fields, etc.. Only the military units can be directly commanded by the player.

More information about "Knights and Merchants" are to find at the projects section of our homepage: http://www.epic-interactive.com.

Consulting Thomas Steiding via telephone arose that there is no version for Amiga planned for the time being, because apparently there is not enough demand.

Well, this game sounds quite interesting. Maybe we are able to assure Thomas Steiding of the antipode. ;-)

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29.Mar.2001
Richard Kapp via E-Mail


NARR-Site Update
Again there are three new downloads on the Narr-Site:

SendStuff v.0.3Beta - a program to send files to other directories or devices by drag'n'drop.

MagicSets - 3 nice 256-colour sets for the newly released WB game 'MagicNumbers'.

CoolsOS - 3 backdrops for the Workbench (very stylish and good matching for high-resolutions).

Moreover the is a new status update, again.

[News message: 29. Mar. 2001, 14:23] [Comments: 0]
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29.Mar.2001
Michael Rupp on ANF


Update: TAWS v0.7 is Online
A new version of TAWS - the Amiga Workbench simulation - is now online. TAWS is a pure JavaScript simulation of the Amiga Workbench for Win32 Internet Explorer 5.x, just for fun and of course in dedication for the Amiga. ;-)
Innovations are:
  • Real Amiga-Menue
  • Implementation of the menue commands «Open», «Close» and «Close Workbench ...»
  • Preferences program for user settings which even can be saved (pay regard to the simulated BOOPSI elements)
  • Background patterns for windows and Workbench
  • Configurable fonts, font size and colours
  • OS3.5 Icon-Dragging-Patch (for dragging several icons without SHIFT key)
  • SolidWindows-Patch (no fram while dragging or enlarging windows, but those will be redrawn immediately)
  • PowerWindows-Patch (window parts can be placed out of the visible area)
  • ClickToFront-Patch now can be disabled, too
  • Transparency while dragging icons (configurable, too)

Feedback is always welcomed, as well as your favourite patterns which I think about to implement into TAWS, then.

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29.Mar.2001
AmigArt


The Coolest Amiga on Earth!
Among yesterday's Aminet uploads AmigArt has found three pictures by Mikael Persson from Sweden showing his super-cool Amiga built into an "Amiga" table (Aminet-Readme):


Our Danish translator Viggo has done a raw translation of the readme text:

What do you think about my new Amiga? Cool, eh? I started to work on it right after Christmas, so it took more than four month to finish this thing. Are my grandfather and I just slow, are we?

The frame contains of aluminium rods with two hardened 6 mm glass plates put in between. The drawing was done by print office. Inside of the table there are two strong and above all silent fans for cooling the system. There are also four fluorescent tubes of 18 watts each - this can make the thing warm.

On the forefront you can see the floppy drive next to the CD-ROM drive and the on/off switch (on the left). The other switches are to control a "lightning control station" with which I can let the light inside of the table blink in different colours (note: like in a disco). On the backside of the table (not visible on the picture) there are infrared units and all of the Amiga ports (note: serial, parallel, etc). Inside of table there is an Amiga 4000 which was completely reconstructed. Please, pay attention to the wireless keyboard and mouse on the table.... and the best of all... the TFT flatscreen, which even works with my Amiga.

This was a brief description. If you would like to get more information just write to me! Of course I have got many pictures of my Amiga's reconstruction.

I also do other things. As soon as I can get a little help I will build a new Amiga table which even will be lifted to the ceiling after use.

Regards, Mikael Persson
(Englisch translation by mj)


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29.Mar.2001
Grzegorz Juraszek via E-Mail


New PCI-Board "Prometheus"
Announcement - Warsaw, March 29, 2001

We are pleased to introduce you to our latest product - "Prometheus" card for Amiga.

It is the most advanced PCI bridge adapter available for Amiga computers equipped with Zorro III expansion slots. With "Prometheus", a world of cheap, standard PCI cards opens before you! Some features of the product:
  • Works with any Zorro III equipped Amiga, regardless of the turbo/processor card installed in the system,
  • Four 32-bit PCI slots clocked with 33 MHz,
  • Fits any tower case, also works with desktop A3000/4000s when open,
  • Works with other Zorro III cards, supports AutoConfig (TM),
  • Real transfer rates between Amiga and PCI cards - up to 12 MB/s,
  • Real transfer rates between PCI cards - up to 120 MB/s,
  • Additional on-board connector for the power supply,
  • Professionally designed four-layer printed-circuitboard with gold-galvanized contacts - complies the PCI standard specifications.

Together with the "Prometheus" card we bundle a CD-ROM with:
  • Drivers for the Voodoo3 graphics card, developed in close co-operation with Hyperion and the authors of Picasso96. 2D drivers work under the P96 system, 3D functions are available through Warp3D,
  • Drivers for a sound card and a network card,
  • A completely FREE software development kit for programmers. There is no need to sign NDA and no additional fees - we want to make "Prometheus" the most open PCI bridge solution as far as the drivers development goes,
  • Demo versions of the games that use the 3D functions of Voodoo3: Heretic 2, Shogo.

The "Prometheus" package also contains multi-lingual reference manual (also in English), holders for the bridge and PCI cards and the extension cord for a graphics card.

Prometheus - no promises, just solutions.

Our webpage: http://www.matay.pl
For information about Prometheus in English, contact Grzegorz Juraszek:
e-mail: fei@matay.pl or cel. phone: +48 609 394778 (from 10 am to 6 pm).

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29.Mar.2001
Jan Andersen via E-Mail


Virus Help Denmark created Support Shop
Virus Help Denmark, the Virus experts from the upper north, have created their own support shop with merchandising articles like T-shirts, sweatshirts, coffee cups, and mouse pads with the Virus Help Denmark logo at cafepress.com.

The profit of 2USD for each unit sold will benefit the anti virus programmers (which are not only commercial programmers).

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29.Mar.2001
Andreas Falkenhahn via E-Mail


Updater v1.3 for the The Best Of Airsoft Softwair Gold Edition CD-ROM
For the program updater, on the 'The Best Of Airsoft Softwair Gold Edition CD-ROM' enabling access to updates, a new version was released. With this new version it is no more necessary to type in the serial code each time, but it will be saved local. The program can be downloaded from the update section on the Airsoft Softwaire homepage (title link).

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28.Mar.2001
Diverse Sources


Software News
Aqua
There is a new demo version of the recently published adventure game 'Aqua' by Emerald Imaging. The game is distributed by Crystal Interactive. Download: AquaDemo.lha

Tales of Tamar
There is a new Amiga client v0.34 for registered beta testers of Tales of Tamar which is a round game based on the Internet.
For the first time with version v0.34 it is possible to create armies on Tales of Tamar. You have to equip your armies on ToT with the help of bought or self produced weapons and arming. The damage of an army depends on the level of arming and the quality of the weapons as well as the class of the arming depends on the arming of an army.
There are over 50 several weapons such as a one-handed weapon, two-handed ones, crossbow or complex besieging weapons like catapult or trebuchet. There are also 15 different opportunities of equipping the army with arming.
You can only produce several weapons when gaining a certain level of research. Armies can be generated, renamed, increased, split, connected, deleted and trained.

MUI PPC for MorphOS
PPC MUI 3.9 Public Release 2 has been published for MorphOS. Please read the documentation before installing it! Download: MUI_Release2.lha - 969 kB

Amster V0.8a
Today version v0.8a of the Napster-client Amster has been published for Amiga computers. Amster is a client for exchanging MP3-files which supports features like chatting, search, download, announcement-lists and so on. Downlaod: Amster-main.lha - 199 kB and Amster-locale.lha - 352 kB

AutoPDF V1.2
With this small but very useful script by Designburo.nl you can convert Ghostscript-files to PDF-files with your Amiga. Download: AutoPDF_Archive.lha

ilbm-PPC-Datatype
Stephan Rupprecht has published version 45.3 of his ilbm-PPC-datatype. Download: ilbmdtPPC.lha - 10 kB

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28.Mar.2001
AmigActive


AmigActive issue #19 Available from Today on
From today on issue #19 of the english print magazine 'AmigaActive' is available with the following topics:
  • Payback! - Smell the burning rubber...
  • Zoned! - Digital Art.
  • Powered Up! - The latest on MorphOS.
  • Netted! - The Eye-Surf.
  • Bitmap Bonus! - Paging Mr. Montgomery...


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28.Mar.2001
Heise [Newsticker]


Heise: Strato-Domains Offline Possibly Because of Attack
Since yesterday many websites which are hosted at Strato cannot be accessed any longer. Many Amiga-sites are also concerned.

Heise writes:
«An attack to the Strato-server cannot be excluded any longer - in contrary to the loss of current which Strato called to be the reason. The press spokesman Sören Heinze called the incident as a "abnormal shutdown of the memory unit" and told heise online that he accepts a report against unknown in the next time. KPNQwest technician said that an attack from outside is almost impossible. Heinze didn't want to exclusive any possibility as the reason for the offline.»
The full article under the title link.

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28.Mar.2001
Darkage


Amiga Classix 3
Next month there will be a new multi platform game collection CD called 'Amiga Classix 3' (Windows, MAC and Amiga) which contains many nice classical Amiga games distributed by E.p.i.c. Interactive Entertainment.

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28.Mar.2001
Richard Kapp on ANF


GFX Games Database: Interview with Giles Burdett
On GFX-games-database there is an English spoken interview with Giles Burdett, the programmer of the WB-game called Connect4, where he speaks about his new and old projects and where he expresses his opinion about MorphoS, AmigaDE, Amiga magazines and much more. Have fun reading the interview!

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28.Mar.2001
Thomas Unger via E-Mail


The Kickstart Archives V1.1
The most important innovation of version 1.1 of KICKSTART ARCHIVES is the integrated freeware-search-engine "S@lz&Pfeffer Leicht 1.0" by Rainer Eschen.

With the help of a pre-calculated JavaScript-file it is possible searching the websites offline on the CD-R. The search engine does not depends on platforms and is directly integrated in the index-tree of KICKSTART ARCHIVES. It is only expected a web-browser which supports frames and JavaScript-standard 1.1. There is a german spoken help function at any time. But there must be said that interpreting the ca. 8 MByte script-file when starting the search engine takes ca. 10 minutes on a 900 MHz Pentium III-system (WinME, IE 5). But each search for a string takes just ca. one second. (Remark: THE KICKSTART ARCHIVES themselves and images are put on a harddrive of Amiga 2000 with Blizzard 2060 and 64MByte RAM under AmigaOS 3.5. The images are burned with MakeCD 3.2.)

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28.Mar.2001
Horst Diebel on ANF


Strategy game Schlachtfeld
The strategy game SCHLACHTFELD is supposed to be developed on.In order to give some users a first impression the side is being created in the link. If there is sufficient interest there will be also a seperate domain.

Up to now you can find the intro-story, a first opinion poll, a forum, a download area and several outlines to the units in the game.

Please have a look at our side and maybe you've got an idea which things still could be integrated.

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27.Mar.2001
Diverse Sources


Software News
GoldEd Studio 6 SP 17 CD
Dietmar Eilert, author of this genius editor, offers a small stock of GoldED Studio 6 SP 17 CDs at a special price. This version fully upgradeable.

REBOL/Core 2.5
Version 2.5 of REBOL/Core is now released for Amiga and AmigaDE, it contains hundreds of improvements and bugfixes.

Tales of Tamar
The chronicle of the year 75 of the online game Tales of Tamar is now available.

Audiomaster2k
Frank Fenn provides version 0.65 of his MUI sample-editors Audiomaster2k for download.The program is shareware, you can not save with the demo version. Download: audiomaster2k.lha - 274 kb

Ico-datatype V43.5
Version 43.5 of Stephan Rupprecht's ICO-datatype is ready for download. Download: IcoDT.lha - 17 kb

MorphOS software
More and more software is ported to MorphOS. Now SoX (Sound exchange) V12.17.1 and NcFTP V2.4.3 are available for download.

Report+ V4.4
Report+ is one of these small but very useful programs that makes things easier for the user. With Report+ you can create in a simple way bug reports, Aminet readme-files, documentations, and similar reports. The program is freeware and is based upon ReAction and GadTools. Download: report.lha - 350 kb

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27.Mar.2001
AmiBench


AmiBench Needs Beta Testers
AmiBench, the international Amiga blackboard is looking for beta testers for a new version. If you are interested to test the new scripts, please subscribe to the AmiBench-betatest-mailinglist.

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27.Mar.2001
AIO


AIO #45 Released
Issue 45 of the online magazine 'AIO'(Amiga Information Online) is released. Still authors for articles and reviews are wanted. Download: AIOV45.lha

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27.Mar.2001
clixnet


New Virus Menaces Internet
In America experts are warning of a new virus, which uses a security leak of the server software 'Bind'. The worm can disconnect complete networks from the Internet and makes websites non-reachable.

Lion, so the name of the new virus, uses a leak in the software 'Bind', used almost on every Linux domain name server. The software controls the coupling of IP and real address.

In the last two days the quantity of attacks has risen about 500%. But only 1/10 of companies have taken countermeasures. The virus sends password and other information to an email address in China.

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27.Mar.2001
Andreas Kürzinger via eMail


Full Release of AKIconzGold
The Full Release of my icon collection AKIconzGold is now availble from my homepage and in a few days fom Aminet. The collection contains about 300 icons, most of them are game icons, like in AKIconz 1-4.

Description:
The icons are drawn in up to 32 colours, based upon an enhanced MWB/RomIcons/BNSM/Bicons palette. Because they are no New-/GlowIcons they do not need the NewIcons patch nor OS3.5+ but a predefined colour palette for the Workbench.

The preferences for this palette are explained in detail in the now contained guide and gives no disadvantages at all - and is especially for LowSpec-User (030, no gfx board) a colourful (and completely MWB/RomIcons/BNSW/Bicons compatible) alternative to New-/GlowIcons.

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27.Mar.2001
Michael Heider at the ANF


SuSE Linux PPC 7.1 Availble from April
On 23.03.2001 on the homepage of SuSE was announced that SuSE Linux PPC 7.1 is available. You can order online or by telephone at SuSE. Deliveries will begin in April said a spokesman. Like for the previous versions, I will create an installation manual for Amiga and announce it here in the amiga-news.

At this point I want to ask coders and users (testers) about a software project i want to start. This project is about the Mac emulator (PPC) "MacOnLinux", that is available for Macs with LinuxPPC. The aim of the project is to port this Mac emulator to Linux-APUS systems. So I just want to know if there is interest from coders and users.

If you are interested, please send an e-mail to me. Please let me know then if you have good knowledge of C and C++ programming for Linux, but all other users are welcome, too. I will inform all of you that are interested the progress of this project so far.

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27.Mar.2001
Ch. DZ at the ANF


TECHNODATABASE00 + DPIXELS CD-ROM Updated
TECHNODATABASE00, 100% Amiga CD-ROM, made with Scala and filled with Techno (400 MB demos, gfx, texts, and music software).

DPIXELS (Compilation of amiga-made creations and utilities) was updated.

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26.Mar.2001
Kai Stegemann on ANF


Server Moving, New Videos Online
`Amiga - The Site` moved to a new server. The new videos are already available. The new colors should make the navigation more easy. The videos are now situated in a special area of the download side.

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26.Mar.2001
Bill Borsari via E-Mail


UGN @ Amiga 2001
The UGN is happy to present live audio, webcam and ICQ from the Amiga St Louis show 2001! This is only possible with the help of Amiga Inc, Amiga St Louis, NovaDesign, National Capital Amiga Users Group and AudioLabs. The planned start time of the webcast will begin Saturday March 31st at 11:00 AM CST (GMT -6) and will end on Sunday April 1st at 5 PM CST. We hope to bring the top amiga personalities through the power of the internet right your Amiga so you can ask the important questions.

How it will work is the UGN staff will get a guest from the show floor and bring them to the UGN booth. Amigan's at home will be able to see the guest through the webcam and listen to guest speak over the internet with shoutcast technology. You can ask questions with ICQ and listen to the answers live over the internet.

Please visit the UGN website at http://ugn.amiga.org for more information. If you have any further questions or comments please email tekmage@amiga.org.

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26.Mar.2001
Sebastian Bauer on ANF


New SimpleMail Alpha Version
New features of the SimpleMail 0.5 alpha:
  • mail preselection before downloading
  • redesign of the reading-window
  • if possible the mails will be send by using 8bit mime
  • button pictures will not reloaded every time
  • support for the SimpleMail User Gallery
  • Bug Fixes


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26.Mar.2001
UAE Discussion Board (ANF)


UAE-JIT/Linux Source Snapshot
A new patch for the Just-In-Time compiler for linux UAE is available at the title link.

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26.Mar.2001
Jens Schoenfeld on ANF


individual Computers at the Gateway Amiga Show 2001
individual Computers will attend the Gateway Amiga Show in St. Louis. Beside the well known products we will present the new prototype of the VarIO zorro-board, the successor of Hypercom.

The new software system by Thore Böckelmann - that replaces HyperIO and Silversurfer.device - will bring new features even to owners of Silversurfer or Goldsurfer.

In co-operation with Cloanto Software - producer of `Amiga Forever` - we will present a Catweasel for the ISA-bus. This offers the possibility to read Amiga floppies with your PC. Furthermore there will be a seminar about the hardware design of Zorro-2-boards.

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25.Mar.2001
amiga.org


Sharp to Use Java Technology in Devices for User Convenience
According to an article at Blomberg.com, Sharp (also manufacturing currently the Zaurus PDAs) will use PersonalJava of the TAO Group in a series of Zaurus PDA devices.

In an article by Golem "Sharp brings Linux-PDA to germany in summer" however, Linux is mentioned as OS for the Zaurus-PDAs.

This is interesting since many are speculating currently (however not confirmed) that the OS used by Sharp could be the new AmigaDE.

More news about the subject:
The Register: Sharp to beat Palm with Linux, Java - official

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25.Mar.2001
Brad Webb via E-Mail


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    Y A C A S   -   M A T H   P R O G R A M   A V A I L A B L E

Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:

 We're almost to the Amiga 2001 show in Saint Louis, USA, and all the
news that has been hinted at. It's hard to believe it could contain as
much earth shattering news as we'd all like, but we do expect some
significant announcements there. We hope a number of our readers can
join us at the show for whatever news will be revealed.
 If you do make it to the show, please be sure to say "hi" if you get
the chance. We'll be there through the entire show, and hope to have a
chance to talk to many of you.
 In the meantime, there's lots of news in the Amiga community to bring
you with this issue. There seem to be changes everywhere, especially
in the software arena, and some interesting changes on the marketing
side of the community as well. This includes saying good-bye to yet
another long-time Amiga supporter.

THENDIC "SMARTBOY" THE ONE ... ?

 There has been a lot of talk on the Net lately about a German
manufacturer bringing out a PDA which uses Amiga DE. Looks like that
company may be Thendic. Here's part of a Thendic press release that
has shown up recently on some sites:

 "With the launch of SmartBoy Thendic will realise a quantum leap. The
b2b version is launched today, a consumer version will be ready for
distribution at the end of 2001. This product will be marketed under
the label of Amiga DE. Thendic secured the rights for this name
recently."

 Thendic`s other product CashBoy will be marketed aggressively in
2001. The CashBoy so far used in Spain, Netherlands, Austria, Turkey,
Brazil and Argentina will be distributed in Asia and USA"

 If this proves to be true, we'll be among those first in line to
purchase one - but only if (brace yourselves for this) it can
synchronize data with a (it really hurts to say this) Windows PC. Why
on earth would we want that? Because, truth be told, a PDA is of very
limited use to most people unless you can use it as an extension of
your business desk top computer. If it can't do that, it won't survive
long.
 I suppose there may be a future for one that can link to Linux
computers or "Star Office", but it's not as likely at the present
time.
 Look at it this way - if it can sync with Windows machines, it
becomes one way to get Windows users to use something Amiga and maybe
learn about a better way to do computing. And if it can link to
Windows, then it can be made to link to your Amiga DE or Amiga Classic
desktop also, just as has been done with Palm Pilots.

LINK TO SUPPORT ST. LOUIS SHOW

 There's still some time to help promote the Amiga 2001 show in Saint
Louis if you have a web page and haven't already gotten "into the
act". This promises to be a show with very important annoucements for
the Amiga community, as we mentioned above .
 If you have an Amiga web page, you can help support the show, and
keep it growing. Clicking on the following link will download an
archive containing a jpeg and sample html code which you can add to
your page. These will establish a link to the show's web site, and
allow Amigans to easily get information on the show. You can see them
in action on the "Amiga Update" links page. Use this URL to download
the archive:

http://www.globaldialog.com/~amigaupdate/stl.lha

 Please consider adding this link to your web page, as a contribution
to the Amiga Community.
 Those of you involved with other key Amiga shows, please let us know
if you'd like "Amiga Update" to help you distribute similar archives
of links for your shows. We're here to support the Community.
 Brad Webb,
 Editor
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E-mail to the E-ditor:

12 March, 2001

 I was wondering if any of your readers might have a copy of the
colorgadget.library that came with MathVision? I own a legitimate copy
of the program but I deleted the library by mistake & have no backup.
I've tried on more than one occasion to contact the owners of the
MathVision website (www.olympus.net/personal/7seas/7seas.html), but
they never respond to my e-mails. I will happily supply my serial
number to anyone, proving that I own the program (if necessary).

 Thanx in advance,
 Jim
~~~~~~
If anyone knows where Jim could get a legal copy of
colorgatdget.library, please contact us and we'll put him in touch
with you.
 Thanks,
 Brad

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21 Feb 2001
Hi Brad!

 ADUG is a regional User Group, acting as an umbrella organisation and
is open to all members of the Amiga community who reside in Australia
or New Zealand (Australasia)

  -  hence the name Amiga Downunder

 I am Secretary of ADUG, and one of three Australian members of the
Amiga Advisory Council (AAC), and I have long admired your site as a
no-nonsense provider of Amiga news. Consequently, I would like to
direct my ADUG Members to your site for news of, and about, the Amiga
via a link on ADUG's News page (if that's alright by you), but I noted
your comment recently that as there is a paucity of such news, you may
not be publishing your newsletter so often.

 I hope this will not always be so, as I do believe that Bill and his
team are on the right track (both in their push with the Amiga DE and
their continued support of the Classic) and I certainly look forward
to your coverage of the St Louis Amiga Show at the end of March.

 The purpose of this email is to ask whether you could put something
about ADUG on Amiga Update which will direct people who live in
Australia and New Zealand to our site.

 Something like "For more detailed information about the Amiga and the
Amiga community in Australia and New Zealand, check ut Amiga Downunder
UG Inc, the regional User Group for those living `downunder." ...

  ... using "Amiga Downunder UG  Inc" as the link to
http://www.amigadownunder.org?

Check us out.  We'd be very grateful  :))

Best wishes
__
Basil Flinter
Secretary
 <== ADUG - bringing the Australasian Amiga community together ==>
              - the Amiga User Group for All Australasians -
~~~~~~
Basil,
 Thanks for writing - it's always a pleasure to hear from you, and
others who keep Amiga user groups running around the world for that
matter. I thought I'd run part of your letter, as you put your case in
the best words possible and your enthusiasm for the group clearly
shows.
 Readers who live in that part of the planet and who haven't checked
out ADUG owe it to themselves to do so. Help keep this great group
functioning and a strong part of the community.
 We've added an ADUG link to our "Amiga Update" archive site links
page, so those who stop by can find a quick way there.
 Brad
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            A   R E Q U E S T   F R O M   A M I G A

30 Dec 2000

{Didn't see this until just recently. Those in non-English speaking
nations, please forward to any local Amiga clubs you can. Thanks!
Brad}

 If you are a member of an Amiga user group, please go to the
following link to sign your group up.

http://www.amigadev.net/index.php?sid=&subpage=usergroups

Also, can some of you please pass this post to non-English speaking
Amiga newsgroups, web sites,  and publications as well?

Sincerely,
--

Gary Peake
Director - Developer Relations and Support
Amiga Inc.
http://www.amigadev.net
http://www.amiga.com
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   A M I G A   P R O F E S S I O N A L S   A S S O C I A T I O N

26 February, 2001

 In just a few days the Amiga 2001 show will begin in St. Louis. It
will also herald the formation of the Amiga Professionals Association
(APA) - a group formed to serve ALL Amiga professionals; developers,
resellers, publishers and more.

 The first meeting of the APA will be hosted by Kermit Woodall and
will be Friday evening. The meeting is open to all current
professionals in the Amiga market. Topics discussed will include
mutual cooperation, the Amiga market and the Amiga itself! Other
topics are welcome as well.

 There are no admission fees for the meeting of course, and all
developers are strongly urged to be sure they attend. You won't want
to miss this meeting!

Full information on the Amiga 2001 show follows.

Kermit Woodall

Two day admission (Sat. & Sun.)............... $17 ($20 at door)
One day admission (Sat. or Sun.).............. $12 ($15 at door)
Banquet-Petro ROAST & Bill McEwen speaks...... $35 (advance only)

Class tickets sold at show.
Friday is the Developers Conference - Tickets at door.

Please mail your check or money order, in U.S. funds, for tickets to
Amiga2001 and the banquet Saturday evening to this address:

Amigan-St. Louis
c/o Amiga2001
P.O. Box 672
Bridgeton, MO 63044
U.S.A.

 For hotel reservations, call the Sheraton West Port - Chalet Hotel at
191 West Port Plaza Drive, in St. Louis, MO. at: 314-878-1500. You
must call between 8 am - 10:30 pm CST Monday thru Friday. Ask for the
reservation desk and tell them that you are going to Amiga2001 so that
you get your discount. If you call at any other hours or on weekends,
you will not be able to get ahold of the hotels reservation desk and
the people answering will not know about the Amiga2001 show. So please
call between 8 am - 10:30 pm CST, Monday - Friday.

 The web page http://www.amiga-stl.com is updated, and the prize page
is up. More will be added later, so stay tuned.

Best Regards,

Bob Scharp
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       A M I G A   L E G E N D S   A T   S T .   L O U I S

24 Mar 2001

Amigans,

 Yes, it's true. Not only is Dave Haynie attending the Amiga2001 show,
but now we learn that Leo Schwab another Amiga legend is also
attending Amiga2001.

 Leo Schwab and Dave Haynie are both legends in the Amiga community.
Let's all make them feel welcome.

 If you haven't made up you mind about attending Amiga2001, the
largest Amiga computer show in the Americas, now is the time to do so.
Don't miss this chance to meet some of the finest people in the
computer industry... Amigans.

Best Regards,
Bob

Best Regards,

Bob Scharp,
bscharp@icon-stl.net

Amigan-St. Louis
P.O. Box 672
Bridgeton, MO 63044
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         C H A N G E S   T O   F R E E   A M I G A   J O B S

 Köln/Erkrath, Germany, 02-Mar-2001 - In April 2000 the team of
amiga-news.de and AMIGAplus founded "Free Amiga Jobs", the free online
employment agency for the Amiga market, filling over fifty jobs in all
fields since its birth and making new Amiga projects possible.

 On March 1st, 2001, we changed the strucure of Free Amiga Jobs.
Employers may now feed their jobs into the new, powerful databank
directly, while employees may search for an appropriate job offer
filling out several search criterias. Furthermore, this online job
agency is of course still free of charges for both employers and
employees.

 "Free Amiga Jobs" is located in the World Wide Web at
"http://www.amiga-news.de/cgi-bin/jobs-db.pl", but may also be
navigated to from the websites "http://www.amigaos.de" or
"http://www.amiga-news.de".
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        J U N O   U S U R P S   Y O U R   C O M P U T E R

Opinion
By Brad Webb

 The huge ISP company Juno has recently changed their Terms of Service
to include conditions that should cause most computer users to think
several times before signing up with them. Here's an excerpt from the
actual terms of their agreement:

 2.5. You expressly permit and authorize Juno to

 (i) download to your computer one or more pieces of software (the
"Computational Software") designed to perform computations, which may
be unrelated to the operation of the Service, on behalf of Juno (or on
behalf of such third parties as may be authorized by Juno, subject to
the Privacy Statement),

 (ii) run the Computational Software on your computer to perform and
store the results of such computations, and

 (iii) upload such results to Juno's central computers during a
subsequent connection, whether initiated by you in the course of using
the Service or by the Computational Software as further described
below ... you agree not to take any action to disable or interfere
with the operation of ... any component of the Computational Software.

 You agree that, as between you and Juno, you shall be responsible for
any costs or expenses resulting from the continuous operation of your
computer, including without limitation any associated charges for
electricity, and that you shall have sole responsibility for any
maintenance or technical issues that might result from such continuous
operation.

 You agree that, as between you and Juno, Juno shall have sole rights
to the results of any computations performed by the Computational
Software, including without limitation any revenues or intellectual
property generated directly or indirectly as a result of such
computations, without further compensation to you. ...[Y]ou expressly
permit and authorize Juno to initiate a telephone connection from your
computer to Juno's central computers using a dial-in telephone number
you have previously selected for accessing the Service ... you agree
that, as between you and Juno, you shall be responsible for any costs
and expenses (including without limitation any applicable telephone
charges) resulting from the foregoing ... You agree that you will not
attempt to reverse engineer any such software, data, or other
materials or transfer or disclose any such software, data, or other
materials, or the results of any such computations, to any third
party.

 You acknowledge that your compliance with the requirements of this
Section 2.5 may be considered by Juno to be an inseparable part of the
Service, and that any interference with the operation of the
Computational Software (including, but not limited to, any failure to
leave your computer turned on at all times) may result in termination
or limitation of your use of the Service.


 All these words boil can be summarized in a few disturbing points.
First, you allow Juno to use your computer for whatever it wishes,
whenever it wishes to use it. You are not allowed to discover what
Juno is doing with your computer. You have to leave your computer
powered up and accessible at all times in case Juno wants to use it.
You pay to have the results of their use sent to them by e-mail. If
anything happens to your computer along the way, that's no concern of
theirs and you can do nothing about it.
 The only good we can find in this at "Amiga Update" is to assume
there may be a laugh or two at Juno's expense the first time they try
to run anything on an Amiga. We bet they have no idea what one is, and
if we're lucky maybe they don't even allow Amigas to connect. Even if
they do, we don't think we'd be interested in taking the risk.
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      S C H A T Z T R U H E   G M B H   T O   G T I   G M B H

Waldshut-Tiengen/Essen, 26th February 2001

 GTI Grenville Trading International GmbH has been active as
distributor for Amiga software since 1987 and supplies a worldwide
network of dealers. Stefan Ossowski's Schatztruhe Gesellschaft für
Software mbH has been one of the leading publishers of Amiga
productivity software for over than 13 years. The two companies have
co-operated closely and successfully since 1994 and have contributed
to the lasting establishment of the CD-Rom medium within the Amiga
software market.

 With effect from 1st March 2001, both companies have agreed to
intensify their co-operation further, with GTI Gmbh taking over the
operating business of Schatztruhe GmbH. All publishing activities of
Schatzruhe will be re-located to Waldshut-Tiengen and continued in
undiminished scale as a business division of GTI GmbH.

 The change will be handled as simply as possible for customers,
suppliers, and other business partners of Schatztruhe GmbH, only
contact information being changed to the following as from the 1st
March 2001 :

Schatztruhe
GTI Grenville Trading International GmbH
Weihergasse 5
79761 Waldshut-Tiengen
Germany

Telephon:
Telephon: +49-(0)700 - 70 60 50 40
Telefax : +49-(0)201 - 426 00 00

Internet:
   amiga@schatztruhe.de (General Enquiries & Orders)
   support@schatztruhe.de (Technical Support)

http://www.schatztruhe.de/


 Schatztruhe will continue to publish high-quality Amiga software at
attractive prices. A number of new products are already in preparation
for 2001.
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       N A T I O N A L   A M I G A   I S   A L I V E   . . .

28 February, 2001

 National Amiga has not gone bankrupt, has not been bought out by a PC
chain, and has not been abducted by aliens. There have been rumours
floating around for quite some time that National Amiga had bitten the
dust as far as Amiga retail was concerned. Simply not true! The
website has had intermittent connectivity due to a combination of site
upgrades, hardware shuffles, and problems with the broadband internet
provider. The latest incarnation of the website should be up shortly
at www.nationalamiga.com... at the present time it is sub-beta and
still very much under development, but the contact information on the
page is still the same. You see "Archtech Computers" on the banner...
Arch Computer Technology has been the parent company of National Amiga
for many, many years. Similarly, they've been doing multiplatform
retail and service for a very long time. That hasn't changed!
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            . . .   B U T   W O N D E R   I S   G O N E

Press Release - February 23, 2001

 Magma Communications steps in to provide Internet access and email to
 clients of Wonder.ca

 Ottawa, Ontario, February 23, 2001 - Magma Communications Ltd. today
announced that it has agreed to provide Internet access and hosting
services to the customer base of Wonder.ca - an Internet division of
Wonder Computers. Wonder Computers ceased business operations
yesterday. {Wonder Computers had been a long-time Amiga supplier.
Brad}

 The arrangement will ensure that Wonder.ca's 750 customers continue
to receive Internet services. Magma has agreed to honor Wonder.ca's
existing client arrangements.

 "Magma is a recognized leader in the Ottawa and Canadian Internet
communities," said AJ. Byers, Magma's Chief Operating Officer. "Magma
felt a responsibility to step in and help make sure that people
weren't left without their Internet and email access."

 "Within an hour of learning Wonder was going to cease operations,
Magma had determined that it would act to ensure that Wonder.ca's
customers would have continued access to the Internet and email
through Magma," stated Mr. Byers.

 Wonder.ca clients are encouraged to call Magma's customer service
group at (613) 228-3565 to re-activate their accounts. Magma's
technical staff is working around the clock with various Internet
organizations to ensure that there is minimal disruption to
Wonder.ca's clients.

 Magma Communications is Ottawa's leading full-service Internet
Company and employs over 140 people. Founded in 1995, Magma is a
privately owned firm that specializes in providing reliable, High
Speed Internet service throughout Ontario and Quebec. Services include
residential and corporate Internet access, custom web solutions, and a
full range of website and server hosting services. Visit: www.magma.ca
for more details or contact AJ Byers at (613) 228-3565.
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               A S I M W A R E   T O   I O M E G A

 ROY, Utah, March 1, 2001 - Iomega Corporation (NYSE: IOM), a global
leader in data management solutions, today announced that it has
acquired the software product line of Asimware Innovations Inc., a
Canadian developer of CD-RW software technology, as an investment in
Iomega's rapidly growing software solutions business.

 "We're pleased to announce this acquisition, which builds additional
core competencies in software needed for the next stage of growth at
Iomega," said Bruce Albertson, president and chief executive officer,
Iomega Corporation. "This acquisition is expected to make tangible
contributions to our software and CD-RW product lines this year."

 Under the agreement, the Asimware software engineering team will
immediately join Iomega's software division. In the fourth quarter of
2001, Iomega expects to introduce full-featured optical drive software
which includes a unique "skins" technology that enables users to
customize the look and feel of their software.

 "Iomega's strategy is to build a broad software business that
supports our existing hardware platforms and generates new stand-alone
retail software products," said Germaine Ward, senior vice president,
software and e-business, Iomega Corporation. "The addition of Asimware
technology and programming expertise fits perfectly into that
strategy. By combining our software competencies, our aim is to create
distinct competitive advantages in our already successful CD-RW
product line as well as contribute new products to our newly developed
portfolio of software products for sale."

 Iomega expects to offer new software using Asimware technology in
future CD-RW software bundles that will be available in the retail
channel. Iomega's current CD-RW software bundles include Roxio, Inc.'s
Easy CD CreatorTM and DirectCDTM software for Windows® PCs, and
ToastTM software for Macintosh® computers.
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        P A U L   N O L A N   O N L I N E   S T O R E

 San Diego, CA.-March 20, 2001- Paul Nolan Software Inc. is pleased to
announce the launch of the Photogenics eStore,
http://photogenics.beyond.com, and the official launch of Photogenics
5.0 for the Amiga, and for the first time, Linux and Windows.
Photogenics 5.0 is now available for immediate purchase and download
via Beyond.com's electronic software delivery technology.

 "Our top priority is to provide our customers with an outstanding
online purchasing experience, which means making it easier for them to
find, buy and receive our products," said Paul Nolan, CEO of Paul
Nolan Software. "Beyond.com's expertise in e-commerce, merchandising,
marketing, and customer service made them the right choice to build
and manage our online store."

 For those unfamiliar with the product, Photogenics is an exciting new
graphics package, delivering unprecedented levels of creativity,
freedom, and flexibility. For a full list of features, please visit
the links below.

 For existing users of Photogenics 4.x, a free upgrade to the Amiga
version of 5.0 is available for download. Customers wishing to
cross-grade from the Amiga version of Photogenics to the Linux or
Windows version may do so at a discounted price for a limited time by
following the links below:

Amiga to Windows cross-grade:

http://photogenics.beyond.com/AF78328-xgrade/Product/
0,1057,3-22-SN107521,00.
html

Amiga to Linux cross-grade

http://photogenics.beyond.com/AF78328-xgrade/Product/
0,1057,3-22-BD70329,00.html

Additional Links:

Photogenics eStore: http://photogenics.beyond.com
Paul Nolan Software Inc.: http://www.PaulNolan.com
Beyond.com: http://www.beyond.com
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                 E L B O X   O N   M E D I A T O R

16 March, 2001

After six months of continuous distribution of Mediator PCI it must
be admitted that Mediator PCI has appeared to be a real hit
on Amiga market. Huge and still increasing number of Mediator users
have an opportunity to appreciate how significantly the
possibilities of the computer have grown due to introduction
of PCI standard cards to Amiga.

Our next step, which is about to take place, is to allow Mediator's
users to extend the computer with the new excellent turbo card
fitted to Mediator PCI busboard - SharkPPC G3/G4.

Those who fail to accept this marvellous product with respect
that should undoubtedly be given concerning its design, try
to underestimate its unquestionable worth by spreading not
true rumour about Mediator. In order to make this situation
clear we feel obliged to answer to this rumour.

Rumour: If your jumper is set on 8MB and you have 'vertical lines'
        trashing on the screen, you may have a buggy board.

No, it is not the true.
The fact of appearing 'vertical lines' on the screen is definitely
not the result of any fault of Mediator's board.
The presence of 'vertical line' is the result of the hardware
protection, which was installed in Mediator's busboards.

In order to avoid 'vertical lines' it is enough to set the
'memory window' jumper to 4 MB according to Mediator User's Manual.

The hardware protection was designed to enable the sell
of commercial software for Mediator's busboard secured by
the hardware key, which was supposed to be available together
with that software.
After the negotiations on WOA 2000 we have changed our plans
as far as the distribution of the graphic drivers with full
hardware acceleration implemented is concerned.
As a result of this decision the protection had been removed
from the Mediators that are being sold after the 13th
December 2000.

We do not plan to offer the upgrade of the MACH chip in which
the protection is placed, as in the forthcoming days we are going
to release the software for the Mediator which enables the reaching
of full busboard's performance independently of the 'memory window'
jumper's setting.

Joanna Mildner
ELBOX COMPUTER, Press Department

ELBOX COMPUTER
http://www.elbox.com
Krakow, 16 March 2001
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                  G R E X   I N F O R M A T I O N

18 March, 2001

 The G-REX PCI board by DCE offers 5 PCI slots that are PCI 2.1
compatible. This allows supported standard PCI graphic cards to be
use. The picture to the left is the mid-stage prototype, the release
version will have 5 PCI-2.1 compliant slots available. A quick
overview:

 o Extremely fast PCI-Bridge-Design
 o Linear memory without bank-switching
 o Programmable via developer API using the pci library in flash-rom
 o Multi-monitor support with up to 4 graphics cards
 o Power connectors for both AT and ATX
 o DMA support for fast networking- und USB-card support

http://www.vgr.com/grex/
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                A U T O   P D F   F O R   A M I G A

{The following item was spotted on the Czech Amiga News site recently.
http://www.realdreams.cz/AMIGA/index.html Brad}

23 March, 2001

 A statement from Martina Kramer: "Macintosh has a program called
Distiller. This program converts postscript files in a certain source
directory to PDF files in an output directory. We (Amiga) have
Ghostscript to create PDF files. AutoPDF uses Ghostscript to convert
postscript files into PDF files. The nice thing about AutoPDF is that
it will monitor a given directory untill files (or just one) are
copied into it, then it will convert the file to a PDF file placing it
(and the original file) into a given destination directory. Just run
AutoPDF in the background and it will convert any postscript file
placed in the source directory automatically. However, since creating
a PDF file with Ghostscript eats up most of your processor time,
conversion will only start after 'activating' the AutoPDF window.

 The program has been uploaded to Aminet, but if you want to try it
NOW... Hope it is as helpfull for you as it is for us..."
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       D I G I   B O O S T E R   P R O   A D D   O N   C D

3 March, 2001

 Today we are releasing the Digi Booster Pro Add On CD-ROM. The CD is
a collection of high quality samples, modules and programs for Amiga
computers. It was designed for everyone busy with making any kind of
music. Digi Booster Pro is the main program for use with this
collection. It can edit and play all the samples, modles, mp3's found
on this CD. {This short item didn't give information on obtaining the
CD. Contact Amiga dealers for more information. Brad}
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      F O R M A L D I H Y D   2 . 2   I S   A N N O U N C E D

10 March, 2001

 FormAldiHyd is a driver intended for the Aldi/Medion/Tevion MD 9310
graphic tablet and WacomIV compatible tablets. I bought a MD 9310 in
summer 2000, but have been too lazy to write a driver until November
2000. German speaking people are proposed to spell the name of this
software as "From-Aldi-Hütt'" ;)

 This program has been out some time now and has proven to be stable.

It works with:
- AipTek HyperPen 6000 (maybe other boards aswell, still unconfirmed).
- Aldi/Medion MD 9310 and Aldi/Tevion LT 9310.
- Wacom IV compatible (PenPartner etc.) (experimental)
- Sumagraphics compatible boards (unconfirmed).

 Starting with V2.2 it finally works with MFC and IOBlix serial ports!

 This is probably the only tablet driver that correctly works with all
known (MUI) applications and at the same time has full pressure
support.

 Some portions of the code have been ported from the xf86HyperPen.c
source by Roland Jansen <roland@lut.rwth-aachen.de> and Christian
Herzog <daduke@dataway.ch>, who has taken over development of
xf86HyperPen.c.

 The experimental WacomIV support has been ported from the xf86Wacom.c
source by Frederic Lepied <Fredric.Lepied@sugix.frmug.org>.

Short list of features:

 - Comes both as CLI-only/WB (no GUI) and MUI version.

 - Works with Tevion MD 9310 and AipTek HyperPen 6000. Probably works
with other boards aswell (SummaGraphics compatible?).

 - Can be run either in 9600 or 19200 baud mode.

 - Supports pressure, which can be scaled to your requirements (e.g.
with ArtEffect).

 - Versatile support of the functions keys at top of the tablet.

 - Can play sounds on button presses to make clicks audible.

 - Supports a threshold value for the left mouse button.

 - Middle and right mouse button can be swapped for stylus.

 - Mouse and Stylus can use different active areas.

 - Mouse can be used in relative mode. A mode for left handed people
is also available.

 - Automatic detection of stylus and mouse.

 - Tablet orientation can be changed by swapping x and y coordinates.

 - Lots of different resolution can be chosen (up to 3048 LPI!).

 - Fully compatible with MUI applications.

 - Even works with low level software that reads the input events
directly (Cinema4D, MagicMenu, etc.)

Usage
~~~~~

There are two different programs for you to choose:

 FormAldiHyd - tablet driver with MUI interface (interactive) Formalin
- CLI only/Workbench version (argument/ToolTypes driven)

Pressure support ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 Now this is a sad story. I've done everything the AutoDocs say, but
neither TVPaint, XIPaint nor Photogenics 2 seem to support the
Intuition NEWTABLET messages and therefore readout the pressure value.
ArtEffect however, supports it in various ways (try out 'Tablet:
Intuos' or 'Accupoint').

 Please send me an email if you use this program. Thanks to those who
have done so already.

Future
~~~~~~
Here's a list of stuff that is planned for the next releases:

 - Gamma corrected pressure instead of linear scaling?

 - Adding some functionality to the middle mouse button.

 - Try out if old OS 2.x TABLET messages might help for other
applications pressure support.

 - tablet.library emulation for DPaint pressure support? If anyone has
docs on this library, please send them it!

Contact address
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Any mail, comments or donations welcome:

Chris Hodges                    Account: 359 68 63
Kennedystr. 8                   BLZ    : 700 530 70
D-82178 Puchheim                Bank   : Sparkasse Fürstenfeldbruck
Germany
Tel.: +49-89/8005856            WWW: http://www.platon42.de/
Email: hodges@in.tum.de         IRC: platon42 on EfNet
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           N E W   V E R S I O N   P E R F E C T   P A I N T

 What's New ? V2.5 - March 2001

 Add AppIcon

 - Drop one file, Pfpaint will ask you if you want to load the file as
a picture, brush or anim.

 - Drop several files, and PfPaint will create an anim.

 Improve Undo:

 - Entirely Rewritten

 - add a Real Redo

 - Add Prefs

 little bug corrected with 'Adjust levels'

 Last Jpeg.library is used.

 bug fix with effectbrush and picasso96

 Improve Edit mask: 'Pick color' now have tolerance.

 New Arrex Commands

          pp_GetCurrentFrame
          pp_GetCurrentBuffer
          pp_GetCurrentBrush

          pp_FindEmptyBuffer
          pp_FindEmptyBrush

          pp_SetBuffer
          pp_ClearCurrentBuffer

          pp_AnimGui

 You can have ten buffers, each buffer can have a picture or an anim,
with different depth.

 Improve Scaling anim picture, and scaling anim window

 Improve animation storage: RAM or HD (you can also select a path for
the storage.)

http://gothic.fr.free.fr/amiga/new.html
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     Y A C A S   -   M A T H   P R O G R A M   A V A I L A B L E

22 March, 2001

 Math program like MatLab, v1.0.45 -MorphOS- Author: Fr3dY
(fr3dy@retemail.es) Uploader: Fr3dY (fr3dy@retemail.es) Type:
misc/math Yacas (Yet Another Computer Algebra System) is a small and
highly flexible general-purpose computer algebra language. The syntax
uses a infix-operator grammar parser. The distribution contains a
small library of mathematical functions, but its real strength is in
the language in which you can easily write your own symbolic
manipulation algorithms. Fr3dY

http://www.morphos.de/meanmachine/files/Fr3dY/yacas-mos1045.readme
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[News message: 25. Mar. 2001, 18:43] [Comments: 0]
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25.Mar.2001
Richard H. Poser II via E-Mail


AmigAIM BETA Version 0.9411 Released
The new betaversion 0.9411 of AmigaAIM, the AOL Instant Messenger for Amiga, is available for download at the usual place.

Here the original message:
AmigAIM 0.9411 Beta (24 Mar 2001)
  • This is a rather small update, compared to what is actually operational (or partially operational) in my latest unreleased version, which will probably never be publicly released, as a complete rewrite is in progress
  • Instant Messages are now sent to the server in V4 format. (shouldn't even be a noticeable change)
  • System login to Server now uses Version 4.1 protocol, this means that the password is now sent using a new protocol which encodes the password before being sent to the server (using an MD5 Hashing scheme), therefore increasing the security during system login.

NOTE: As mentioned on the Mailing List, this will probably be the last release for quite a while, as I started rewriting the entire program from scratch about a week ago

BTW: As of my last internal release before starting the rewrite, I had worked out and implemented several items. File transfer, search by common interest, selection of common interests to send to server for your own profile, etc... Hopefully, all these items will also be implemented in my rewrite :-) - In the last operational internal version, the file transfer code has so many bugs it was deemed easier to rewrite the whole program.

[News message: 25. Mar. 2001, 18:27] [Comments: 0]
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25.Mar.2001
Andreas R. Kleinert via E-Mail


ak-Datatypes Updates
In the support area of Andreas R. Kleinert's website you can find updates to the following datatypes:

akJFIF - akPNG - akTIFF and akNAIL

The datatypes are as usual available for download in different CPU-versions.

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25.Mar.2001
Andreas Falkenhahn via E-Mail


CD32 Games Install Kit v4.2 NG Released
The CD32 Games Install Kit v4.2 NG has been released on the Airsoft Softwair Homepage. Now more Games (for example: Denis) can be installed and there are other, minor improvements, amongst others the use of OS3.9. As all 4.x versions of the CD32 Games Install Kits this version can also only be used and installed by owners of the 'The Best Of Airsoft Softwair Gold Edition CD-ROM'. Those who own a valid registration code may immediately have access to the update in the matching section oh the Airsoft Softwair Homepage.

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25.Mar.2001
Alfred Sturm


New Aminet Uploads
DopJoin.lha          biz/dopus    3K+Join files with DirectoryOpus 4.xx. V1.0
Babelfish.lha        comm/irc     3K+Use babelfish from AmIRC/Shell
GoPortscan.lha       comm/net    93K+V0.1 TCP Portscanner with MUI interface
TaskiSMS_PL.lha      comm/tcp   180K+Polish catalog & documentation for Taski
ApacheMI.lha         comm/www    79K+GlowIcons for Apache Servers
showurl.lha          comm/www    19K+Showurl (program for shell to show url i
srh-vis.lha          demo/ecs   192K+SRH - Vision - **
Syn_darkeye.exe      demo/ecs    59K+Synabytes DaRKeYE **
srh-2day.lha         demo/intro 139K+SRH 2-Day Intro **
srh_love.lha         demo/intro  11K+Social Disease BBS **
syn_sg.lha           demo/intro  52K+Synabytes Sysop Greetro **
Syn_xatari.exe       demo/intro 136K+Synabytes Ex-Atari **
obligement25.lha     demo/mag   729K+Obligement #25 - Famous FRENCH fanzine !
SCL_MS2001Inv.lha    demo/mag   314K+Secretly! - MS2001 Party Invitation
up-ep007.lha         demo/sound 1.6M+UP ROUGH "Another Day EP" feat. Skope
STRPortLib.lha       dev/basic    5K+STRPortLib V1.2  BB2 hardware commands
FD2Pragma.lha        dev/misc   139K+V2.122 create pragma, inline, ... files
GNGrabber1.0PL.lha   docs/help   11K+Polish Locale for GiambyNetGrabber 1.0
T1Engine2.0PL.lha    docs/help   13K+Polish Locale for Type1Engine2.0
Virus_CheckerP.lha   docs/help   11K+Polish Locale for Virus_CheckerII v1.1
Fireball_4a.lha      docs/mags  757K+German Entertainment Magazine
Fireball_4b.lha      docs/mags  597K+German Entertainment Magazine
PaybackDemo.lha      game/actio 2.9M+Payback playable demo (Updated)
PaybackDemoUp2.lha   game/actio 659K+Updates the Payback demo to latest versi
PaybackUpdate2.lha   game/actio 982K+Updates Payback to the latest version
Rattlesnake.lha      game/actio 674K+Beat-em-up game.
ChaosLite.lha        game/board 5.7M+World's Best Board Game! 1-8 players! Fa
AOG_15.lha           game/data  3.7M+Abode of Golgotha - Addon for Heretic II
dynSP_Style.lha      game/data   89K+SouthPark Style for dynAMIte
Hd_Lion_V_M.lha      game/patch  61K+Install_H_D_Virtual_Disk
jst.lha              game/patch 180K+JOTD Startup *FREEWARE* for HD Installs 
ruffhd.lha           game/patch  25K+HD Installer & Fix for Ruff'n'Tumble V1.
zouthd.lha           game/patch  58K+HD Installer & Fix for Z-Out V2.0
GLsokoban.lha        game/think 248K+Sokoban3D in MiniGL (PPC WarpOS Warp3D)
Win95Map_s.lha       hard/drivr   5K+Keymap for Finnish/Swedish Win95 keyboar
ps2m.lha             hard/hack   10K+Ultimate Amiga PS/2 Wheel Mouse Controll
Bastards_intro.lha   mods/misc   20K+Custom module from "Bastards" intro
EnglandChamp.lha     mods/misc   50K+Custom module from "England Championship
HQC_intro.lha        mods/misc   23K+Custom module from "High Quality Crackin
VirusKillerV2.lha    mods/misc   29K+Custom module from "VirusKiller V2.0 Pro
id3taglibgui.lha     mus/edit    79K+MPEG Audio ID3Tag (V1.x and V2.x) Editor
EP_StevBarrett.lha   mus/play     5K+EaglePlayer "Steve Barrett" external rep
comic.lha            pix/art    190K+Comic.pic
BAM_GIcons.lha       pix/gicon   96K+Some OS 3.5/3.9 GlowIcons
AP13Recto.jpg        pix/misc   260K+AMiGa=PoWeR N 12 Cover Recto
AP13Verso.jpg        pix/misc    93K+AMiGa=PoWeR N 13 Cover Verso
SpookyTheme.lha      pix/misc   501K+Spooky theme for NewInstaller
a1200raytrcd.jpg     pix/trace   97K+RayTraced pic of Amiga 1200 
ALEM_0025.lha        text/dtp   212K+ALEM's ZIPdisk template for Wordworth7
AutoPDF.lha          text/misc   18K+AutoPDF - Convert postscript files to pd
HP_Deskjet670C.lha   text/print  43K+Deskjet 670C/680C/690C Driver V40.24
HP_Deskjet870C.lha   text/print  41K+Deskjet 8x0C/9x0C Driver for WB V40.14
Next3.01.lha         text/show   83K+Viewer for text/guides/html/datatypes
ilbmdtPPC.lha        util/dtype   7K+Ilbmdt for the PPC, running WarpUP (45.1
wavdt41.lha          util/dtype  17K+Datatype for wave sounds 68k+WOS (41.10)
ra.lha               util/libs   78K+RA Remote Access Library (load files int
Type1Engine.lha      util/libs  493K+PostScript Type1 font engine V3.1
BAMReqAttack_e.lha   util/misc   24K+Images and Prefs-file for ReqAttack, OS 
BAMReqAttack_g.lha   util/misc   24K+Images and Prefs-file for ReqAttack, OS 
Draco060-RW.lha      util/moni    1K+SysSpeed Module - Draco060 reworked
SysInfo.lha          util/moni   50K+Gives comprehensive system information
Anno1.20.lha         util/time   23K+Reminder and calendar utility
SetDST.lha           util/time   62K+Adjusts time for Daylight Saving Time


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25.Mar.2001
codepoet.com (ANF)


Status Update for WinUAE 0.8.16
Status Update for WinUAE 0.8.16 from March 24, 2001
  • Now have "direct" mode of JIT working thanks to patches from Bernd Roesch, but this (currently) requires WinUAE to be compiled under VisualC++ instead of GCC/MinGW32, which thus breaks the bsdsocket.library emulation.
  • Now have virtual Picasso96 screens (Bernd Roesch)
  • Merged in many changes from 0.8.16 core UAE tree (Bernd Schmidt). Note: This breaks AGA sprites completely.
  • Investigating DirectSound vs. WaveOut APIs for audio output, due to SB-Live! issues.
  • Support for multiple mice being added, thanks to patches from Andreas.
  • Fixed old floppy-disk writing bugs (Toni Wilen).
  • Removed NT4 support.
  • Removed 24-bit pixels support.
  • gzip.dll support for handling .adz files (no console window popping up anymore)
  • MIDI input support (Bernd Roesch)
  • New serial-port emulation (Bernd Roesch)
  • Cleaning up source-tree in preparation for release.


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25.Mar.2001
Martin Merz in ANF


MasonIcons' Homepage Update
Some new archives have been released on the MasonIcons Homepage:
  • ApacheMI - filetype images for the ApacheServer
  • AudioMI - a toolbar for the newest version of AudioMaster 2k
  • CoolMI - a MI skin for CoolCALC
  • EvenMI - a GlowIcons toolbar for EvenMore
  • FlagsMI - a collection of flags for the Input and LocalPrefs of AmigaOS 3.9
  • PfPaintMI - an icon set for PerfectPaint
  • QuadraMI - a toolbar set for DirectoryOpusMagellan based on AppMI
  • ReqMI - icons, buttons, images and anims for ReqAttack
  • ShowMI - an image set for ShowGUI
  • WB2000MI - an image collection for Workbench2000
  • WorkOnMI - a toolbar image set for WorkOn

For more information please visit the "Projects" page on the homepage.

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24.Mar.2001
Michael Ulbrich on ANF


Forum and Guestbook at SHOPnFUN
As I am just busy with some PHP3 scripts I have put a small guest book and a forum regarding the Amiga on the Amiga page. Visits would please me, already because of the possibility to fix possible bugs.

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24.Mar.2001
Dennis Gronewold on ANF


3ivx Delta 3 Codec Released
On the 3ivx homepage the new 3ivx codec for WarpUP and 68k has been released on the 23.03.2001. The PowerUP version will follow. The codec offers the same high compression ratios as it's predecessor but the movies are played 600% faster.

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24.Mar.2001
Richard Kapp on ANF


New Review on the GFX Games Database
On the GFX games database there's again a new review. This time we have tested the WB game 'Mahjongg Tiles'. Have fun while reading.

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24.Mar.2001
Andreas Falkenhahn via E-Mail


Spooky Theme Released
A new theme for the NewInstaller was just released on the Airsoft Softwair homepage. The "Spooky Theme" was made by Kevin Hansen and can be downloaded now. It requires at least NewInstaller version 1.5, which is also contained as a full version on the 'The Best Of Airsoft Softwair Gold Edition CD-ROM'.

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24.Mar.2001
Olaf Koebnik via E-Mail


Amiga Arena News
Frogger and Softcinema
Frogger and Softcinema can now be registered at a special discount price directly via Reg.net!

T.U.M.M.Y and T.U.R.R.D
The database T.U.M.M.Y for Magic trading cards and the Relais cards interface software T.U.R.R.D are only available at a special discount price until 31.03.2001!

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24.Mar.2001
ANF


TaskiSMS Version 2.5 Released
Version 2.5 of TaskiSMS is available. With this program you can send short messages (SMS) via handy across 112 countries. The new version was completely new programmed and the plugin for the SMS sending was updated. The program is now shareware. Polish localisation and documentation is also available.

You can download the demo version of TaskiSMS from the homepage via the title link or from Aminet.

Download (Aminet): TaskiSMS.lha

On Aminet there's actually only the old version for now, the new one will be ready for download in the next days.

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24.Mar.2001
Frost and Mason on ANF


ApacheMI Update
ApacheMI is now available on the Aminet. The archive contents 146 file type images for the ApacheServer and a ConfigFile. The Images have a size of 24 x 24 pixels and use the GlowIcons design. The ConfigFile was created by Frön. If you think any file type is missing please contact me.

Download: ApacheMI.lha

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24.Mar.2001
No Risc No Fun on ANF


Diamond Box Review and Interview on NoRiscNoFun
You can currently find on our pages a review of the graphics program 'Diamond Box'. Matching this we also deliver an interview with the developer Nikolaj Kiær Thygesen. Have a look at the features of the program and inform yourself about this software's future by reading the interview.

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24.Mar.2001
Andreas Neumann via E-Mail


Text Viewer 'Next' version 3.01 Released
Juergen Klawitter has released version 3.01 of his text viewer "Next". The update contains first of all smaller bug fixes. You can find more information following the title link.

Download: Next3.01.lha (80 kB) and soon also from Aminet.

Besides this a new program by the "Next" programmer Juergen Klawitter will make its appearance on Aminet soon. "Anno" is an easy and intuitive to use organizer and - as "Next" already does - it comes as freeware.

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23.Mar.2001
Bob Scharp via E-Mail


Dave Haynie at the Gateway Show
Dave Haynie will attend the Amiga 2001, the Gateway Computer Show taking place on 30th May/1st April in St. Louis! At the title link, you can find a listing of all participants and exhibitors. Bob Scharp just informed us that Leo Schwab, another Amiga legend, will attend the show.

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23.Mar.2001
Diverse Sources


Software News
Symphonie Pro
Author Patrick Meng announces on the Symphonie Pro website that there won't be a successor of the music composing software.
Development of SymphonieNG will be continued, but it is not an Amiga-only project. The program will be ported to as many platforms as possible.

iFusion
Blittersoft released some screenshots of the MAC emulator (PPC) 'iFusion' by Microcode Solutions.

Sourcecode of JST available
Jean-Francois Fabre made the sourcecode of his HD install program 'JST' available on his Website. JST allows the installation of games on harddisk and offers patches that improve the compatibility of games on newer Amiga systems. Download: jstsrc.lzx

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23.Mar.2001
Richard Kapp on ANF


Forum at the GFX Games Database
A forum was opened at the GFX Games Database. If somebody has questions on the topic graphics board games, wants to know which games can be redirected to graphics board modes, or just wants to chat about miscellaneous Amiga games (hints, tips, cheats, etc.) is invited to post. Also there are some new entries in the database. Have fun!

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22.Mar.2001
Diverse Sources


Software News
ilbmdtPPC V45.2
Stephan Rupprecht has made version 45.2 of his datatype for ILBM pictures for PPC available for download. Download: ilbmdtPPC.lha - 7 kB

We just got the following warning from Stephan Rupprecht regarding his ilbmdt for PPC:
Version 45.2 of my ilbmdt for PPC unfortunately doesn't work with PlayCD included with AmigaOS 3.9 (crash), at the time being. Unfortunately I don't know the reason why, yet, since PlayCD crashes on my system independent from the ilbm.datatype installed.

wavdt V41.10
Version 41.10 of the Wav sound datatype comes also from Stephan Rupprecht. Download: wavdt41.lha - 17 kB

X11 Server for Amiga
Denis Spach has made available for download version 0.4 of the X11 server for Amiga, Xami. Download: xami040.lha

A/NES CGFX V1.23
Version 1.23 of A/NES, the Nintendo emulator for Amiga is available for download. Download: anescgfx.lha

HP Deskjet 670C (V40.24) and 870C (V40.14) printer drivers
On Peter's Amiga Home Page new versions of his printer drivers for HP Deskjet 670C and 870C are available. Download: HP_Deskjet670C.lha and HP_Deskjet870C.lha

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22.Mar.2001
Andreas Falkenhahn via E-Mail


The Best Of Airsoft Softwair Gold Edition CD-ROM on CD32
Some users of the The Best Of Airsoft Softwair Gold Edition CD-ROM informed me that the CD-ROM also boots on a CD32 and asked if I planned that. Well, the The Best Of Airsoft Softwair Gold Edition CD-ROM works on the CD32 with a nice intro indeed, but it cannot be used completely without an expansion like the SX1 or SX32. If the user has such an expansion he can use the CD-ROM completely otherwise only the intro is shown.


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22.Mar.2001
Alfred Sturm


New Aminet Uploads
YAM22src.lha         comm/mail  419K+MUI Internet mailer V2.2 (source code)
up-rulez.lha         demo/intro  18K+UP ROUGH "Ink" released at Floppy 2001
BlitzLstFeb01.lha    dev/basic   27K+Blitz mailing list archives for February
amigatalk1.7.lha     dev/lang   612K+V1.7 of AmigaTalk (Smalltalk GUI)
BattleDuel1.7P.lha   docs/help   14K+Polish Locale for BattleDuel1.7
obvious.lha          game/data  101K+DynAMIte style with obvious colors
PfPaint_V251.lha     gfx/edit   433K+Paint,Anim from 1 to 24bits (update)
a500ide.lha          hard/hack  272K+Connect IDE HDD or CDROM to A500 V1.5
zab-intruder.lha     mods/hardc 1.3M+DBM 8ch -> Zabba <- gabba 220bpm
zab-pilana.lha       mods/hardc 1.8M+DBM 8ch -> Zabba <- gabba 226bpm
mp32html.lha         mus/misc    57K+V2.93 - Converts MP3 directory to HTML.
TinyGICollectn.lha   pix/gicon   49K+GlowIcons - size doesn't matter ;-)
STNexus.jpg          pix/misc    26K+STNexus.jpg - Image Engineer Creation
CoolOS3.jpg          pix/wb     106K+Stylish WB-pic made with Perfect Paint!
MyNotes.lha          text/edit   31K+A simple MUI based QuickNote clone
DeTar.lha            util/arc    48K+DeTar for Amiga (68000/030) V1.3, incl. 
akPNG-dt.lha         util/dtype 230K+AkPNG-dt V44.96 (PNG, 68000-060, PPC/MOS
akPNG-PPC.lha        util/dtype  80K+AkPNG-dt PPC plugin V44.96
WarpBMPdt.lha        util/dtype  45K+Windows BMP datatype V44.4 (68k,WarpOS,M
WarpDTPrefs.lha      util/dtype  23K+WarpDT preferences program V44.2
WarpJPEGdt.lha       util/dtype 109K+JFIF-JPEG datatype V44.18 (68k,WarpOS,Mo
WarpPNGdt.lha        util/dtype 136K+PNG image datatype V44.13 (68k,WarpOS,Mo
extralib.lha         util/libs  183K+Dynamic buffer system, CRC, text, memory
afilter.lha          util/misc   87K+Flexible filetype processor and ripper
ReqAttack.lha        util/misc  628K+Best, configurable requesters for Amiga
ReqAttackUpd.lha     util/misc   90K+RAPrefsMUI1.72, ReqAttack1.51 - ANOTHER 
VersionWB.lha        util/sys    39K+V2.16 AmigaDos Version replacement.


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22.Mar.2001
Tao Group


Tao Group and PSION Announce New Co-operation for Enterprise Sector
CeBIT, March 22nd, 2001 -- Tao Group and PSION Teklogix today announced a major new relationship to provide enterprise customers with faster and smarter JavaTM applications running on EPOC. This new development will be showcased on the PSION stand at CeBIT, Hall 19, booth D39.

Using Tao Group's innovative intent, JavaTM Java Technology Edition (JTE), developers will now be able to design and run advanced Java applications, never before possible on the EPOC platform. Enterprise applications can now run on a broader range of mobile devices, allowing faster delivery of critical business information - vital in sectors such as field services and mobile sales.

Jamie Bodley-Scott, Market Development Manager, Psion Teklogix, commented: "By developing this platform, we are recognising the vital importance that high performance Java is playing within the corporate environment. intent provides a fully SUN certified implementation of PersonalJava - significantly increasing speed, flexibility and making multi-threading a reality in the mobile enterprise arena."

Francis Charig, Chairman of Tao said: "The importance of EPOC in wireless devices is increasingly in evidence, especially in regions such as Japan. Tao is working with PSION to ensure that the very best multimedia and Java technologies will become available on EPOC-based appliances and to help drive EPOC products into future generations of digital devices."

Tao Group will be joining the PSION stand at CeBIT, Hall 19 Booth D39, from 22nd March to 28th March 2001.

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22.Mar.2001
Mirko Engelhardt on ANF


17 New Games at Amigaland
From today due to obtaining the Black Legend license 17 new games are available for free download at amigaland.de!

Weehlspin - Mega Motion - Hyperian - Kid Pool - Der Trainer - Embryo - Fatman - Football Clory (ECS und AGA-Version) - Tactical Manager - Tactical Manger 2 - Behind the Iron Gate - Der Seelenturm - Tower of Souls - XTreme Racing - Xtreme Racing 2.0 - Xtreme Racing Data Disk - Football Glory Indoor

So, have a lot of fun while downloading!

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22.Mar.2001
Thomas Steiding via E-Mail


EARTH 2140 MAC Version in Progress
EARTH 2140 for the MAC, the classic real time strategy game originally developed for the PC by Topware Interactive, since a couple of days is in progress. Start of shipping is estimated for Wednesday, April 4. Two versions of EARTH 2140 for MAC will be shipped: one completed German and an international variant with English, French, Dutch, and Italian versions. EARTH 2140 play in a world destroyed by wars and ecological disasters. The great powers remained, United Civilised States (UCS) and the Eurasian Dynasty (ED), are fighting the last war for the raw materials remained on earth. More information and a MAC demo version are to find on our homepage.

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22.Mar.2001
Horst Diebel on ANF


Big Book of Amiga Hardware Updates
  • NEW ENTRY and PICTURE Vi1di Amiga 12RT (thanks to Anthony Barbati)
  • UPDATE Surf Squirrel (Thanks to Simon West)
  • NEW ENTRY and PICTURE Super VGAMI (thanks to ZahnCreme)
  • MANUFACTURER Slingshot (thanks to Russ Norrby)
  • NEW ENTRY Deb 2000 (thanks to Russ Norrby)
  • NEW MYSTERY ITEM #8 (thanks to Wolf)
  • BIG UPDATE Inmate (thanks an Pieter Smit)
  • NEW PICTURE A1000 Motherboard (thanks to Leslie Ayling)
  • UPDATE PARalizer (thanks to Artur Gadawski)
  • NEW PICTURE SpeedCOM (thanks to Artur Gadawski)
  • NEW CLUE ITEM #7 (thanks to Jan Dwornizky)
  • NEW CLUE ITEM #6 (thanks to Jason Monk)


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22.Mar.2001
Marco Miljak on ANF


StarGATE Newsletter 03/2001-1
The brand new, entirely reworked website of StarGATE Software was finished and put online and can be accessed at http://www.stargate-software.de/.

The essential changes in very short and quickly:
  1. Entirely new (hopefully better) design.
  2. Easier to use and navigate.
  3. Main focus of the site is now exclusively the "Software" area, both for Classic Amigas and the new AmigaDE and for Java.
  4. The pages have been entirely translated into English language.
  5. StarGATE now has it's own domain.

As a matter of course some software products are available, too. Among those the initial AmigaDE programms by StarGATE. I hope you will like the new pages. Suggestions, critism, enhancement proposals, and hints of course are always welcome.

Finally some words about the software section in general: Since it is measurable that the Classic Amiga has had it's time and the new AmigaDE or AmigaOne are moving forward new developments mainly will be for the AmigaDE.

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22.Mar.2001
Oliver Roberts on ANF


WarpPSD - New Datatype for Adobe Photoshop® Pictures
The first ever datatype allowing Adobe Photoshop® image files to be viewed or read (by any program that supports loading of images via datatypes) on AmigaOS.

Handles Adobe Photoshop® 2.5, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 images - most of the available modes are supported, including 24-bit RGB, Greyscale, Monochrome, 256 colour palette-based and CMYK images. Images using RLE compression are also supported.

Optimized versions for 68020, 030, 040 and 060, and native PowerPC (WarpOS and MorphOS) versions available.

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21.Mar.2001
Mario Held on ANF


New Pre-Release Client from distributed.net
At distributed.net a new BETA version of the RC5 client v2.8014 (build 468) is available for testing purposes for all Amiga platforms. In this version percentage display is enabled, again, which didn't work in the previous version.

Download page.

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21.Mar.2001
Apex Designs


Payback Update
The second update for the game Payback is available. Several reported bugs were fixed, and new features were implemented. There also is an update available for the demo version.

A new section with extra maps for Payback has been created on the website.

Playing Payback the player takes the role of a young driver on the run trying to become a big boss of gangsters.

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21.Mar.2001
Johan Samuelsson on ANF


New UP ROUGH Music Disk Out Now!
Finally a new so-damn-fresh Up Rough EP is out! The main code is updated and supports some new cool features. The EP is called "Another Day EP" and it's packed with four groovin' house tunes by Jr Fransisco AKA Skope! Get it now!

Download: up-ep007.lha

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21.Mar.2001
Nikolaj Kiær Thygesen via E-Mail


DiamondBOX Version 1.10
Nikolaj Kiær Thygesen has created a website for his Amiga painting program 'DiamondBOX' which you can access via the title link. The program is GFX compatible and requires at least AmigaOS 3.0, 8 MB of RAM, 1 MB free harddisk space, an Amiga with CPU 68020+, and of course a bit of creativity.

Download: DiamondBOX.lha

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21.Mar.2001
Jens [bruZard] Henschel on ANF


X-CELLENCE News
1.) Changes in staffing level:
Our team now exists of 10 staffers. Rico Pook took over the web design for us and we would like to cordially welcome him on this occasion.

2.) Domain:
X-CELLENCE at last could take their domain and is reachable under http://www.x-cellence.de, now.

3.) Cooperative team management:
We separated X-CELLENCE into divisions. Each of the divisions is working on their project independent from the other teams. This allows maximum of flexibility which is especially advantageous in the shrinking Amiga market.

4.) Wanted ....
Due to division of X-CELLENCE we are facing a staffing problem. We still are wanting graphicians and programmers. For those we would prefer people out of the Amiga community. Graphicians should be familiar with 2D/3D tools on AMIGA and/or PC. They would work in the divisions "GOLD" and "EAST".
I.e.: "SCR2K" (FunRacer) and "NYN" (3D ActionAdventure Shooter). We are exclusively wanting programmers for the AmigaDE. The Classic market is no longer taken into account by us.

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21.Mar.2001
Stefan Falke on ANF


SetDST V1.9
On my homepage version 1.9 of SetDST is available for download.

SetDST is a tool to automate the summer/winter time switching which takes place twice a year in many countries.

Moreover different environment variables adapted to the current time zone can be created.

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21.Mar.2001
Kåre Johansen via E-Mail


Is there a Future for 'SerialRipper'?
I need 2 get in reach of ppl that want to take over the project I'm working on.. Or WAS is a better word for it now.. The project I'm talking about is a Multi-Module/Sound ripper for Amiga..

The project goes under the name of SerialRipper.. I'm sure of there are ppl that heard of this project.. Well.. Since I have stopped developing it, I was wondering if anyone wanna continue my work on it?.. I have coded it using AmigaE (by Wouter) and Assembler.. I've been using MUIBuilder for creating MUI's for it.. U as the new coder of it, should have knowledge of coding in E and ASM.. So, if u're up to it..Please let me know.. My email are as follows: kaarej@start.no


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21.Mar.2001
Tom's Hardware Guide on ANF


Alternative: Sony Vaio with Crusoe-CPU
The Sony notebook Vaio Picturebook/C1VE comes out very innovative: it's equipped with a Crusoe CPU and an integrated camera and weighs less than two pounds. Does the notebook worth a price of 4,500DM?

Summary:
This notebook of the Sony C1V line is fast in compared to PDA and quite slow in compared to a 'real' notebook. But the price for it is placed in the notebook range where 4,500DM are not any longer a dram, meantime.

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21.Mar.2001
Richard Kapp on ANF


GFX-Base Update
The GFX-Base (database and Online/News-Magazine for games supporting graphic boards) has been strongly reworked. Besides of an enhanced graphical design there also are a game updates section, a links section, and several new entries, now. New reviews will follow shortly, too.

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20.Mar.2001
Diverse Sources


Software News
aMPEG V4.61
A new version 4.61 of the akMPEG-player fom Andreas Kleinert is available for download. akMPEG4.lha

Audiomaster2k 0.64
Frank Fenn has finished version 0.64 of his MUI-Sample-Editors, which supports AHI-devices. Download: audiomaster2k.lha

PerfectPaint V2.51
Halvadjian Georges has prepared version 2.51 of PerfectPaint, the paint-, animations-, and image processing program, for download. Download: PfPaint_V251.lha

ProStationAudio V4.05
You will find version 4.05 of ProStationAudio at AudioLabs, now with native Repulse driver, better PowerPC support, New Tek Flyer support and a new keyboard shortcut, to move the mouse pointer between two monitors, if necessary. A new demo version 4.05 is available. Download page.

MorphOS News
Again for MorphOS some new programs were released. Besides of an algebra program and volume control tool 'LhA', the known UNIX packer with lh7 mode, was converted to MorphOS. Download page.

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20.Mar.2001
H&P


H&P on the Gateway Computer Show 2001
Also this year H&P will attend the Gateway Computer Show Amiga 2001 in St. Louis, USA (March 30 thru April 1). The new StormC 4 compiler system will be presented, also there will be a seminar about it.

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20.Mar.2001
Paul Nolan via eMail


Online Shop for Photogenics 5.0
Contact:
Paul Nolan, CEO
Paul Nolan Software Inc.
619 839 3803
paul@paulnolan.com

Paul Nolan Software Launches Online Store for Photogenics 5.0 using Beyond.com's eStore technology

San Diego, CA.-March 20, 2001- Paul Nolan Software Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of the Photogenics eStore, http://photogenics.beyond.com, and the official launch of Photogenics 5.0 for the Amiga, and for the first time, Linux and Windows. Photogenics 5.0 is now available for immediate purchase and download via Beyond.com's electronic software delivery technology.

"Our top priority is to provide our customers with an outstanding online purchasing experience, which means making it easier for them to find, buy and receive our products," said Paul Nolan, CEO of Paul Nolan Software. "Beyond.com's expertise in e-commerce, merchandising, marketing, and customer service made them the right choice to build and manage our online store."

For those unfamiliar with the product, Photogenics is an exciting new graphics package, delivering unprecedented levels of creativity, freedom, and flexibility. For a full list of features, please visit the links below.

For existing users of Photogenics 4.x, a free upgrade to the Amiga version of 5.0 is available for download. Customers wishing to cross-grade from the Amiga version of Photogenics to the Linux or Windows version may do so at a discounted price for a limited time by following the links below:

Additional Links:
Amiga to Windows cross-grade
Amiga to Linux cross-grade
Photogenics eStore
Paul Nolan Software Inc.
Beyond.com


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20.Mar.2001
Bob Scharp via eMail


Amiga2001 - 1. April - Tip
Press release: Some of you have commented on our Amiga2001 show falling on April 1st. If you are not familiar, April 1st in the U.S. is called April Fools Day. A day when some pull pranks. To answer your concerns about the last day of the show being held on April 1st, all I can say is...

"The joke's on our competitors. They're going to feel like it's 1985 all over again!"

Anyone familiar with the original release of the Amiga should know how this statement applies.

See you in St. Louis in just over a week. Remember, the Banquet is going to be something special. We only have a few tickets left, so get your orders in now.

Amiga2001 - An Amiga Odyssey

Sheraton West Port - Lakeside Chalet Hotel
St. Louis, MO. USA
Friday March 30 thru Sunday April 1, 2001

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20.Mar.2001
Ignatios Souvatzis via eMail


Over 1500 New Binary Packages for NetBSD - 1.5 for M68k Computers
John Klos and Bob Nestor have uploaded Over 1500 new binary packages for NetBSD - 1.5 for m68k computers (eg. Amiga) on the ftp server. This is the result of some month of compiling on their computers.

If someone needs more packages, but can not translate them himself due to technical problems or lack of time please contact John john@sixgirls.org.

The NetBSD-package system for third party software allows the installation of precompiled packages or self-made translations, including the management of interdependences (and specific deleting again, later, or upgrading to newer versions).

More information:
NetBSD package system
list of documented packages
direct download
NeBSD/Aiga

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20.Mar.2001
Piotr Pawlowski


Polish amiga-news.de - First Anniversary
Since one year Piotr Pawlowski and Valwit have been translating our news into Polish language. On the occasion of this anniversary we would like to say "Thank you!"

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19.Mar.2001
Eric Gillé on ANF


SelectOSv.1.1 Update
I uploaded a new update for my program SelectOS to the AMINET. SelectOS lets you choose whether to boot AmigaOS, LinuxAPUS or MorphOS at boot time with a nice GUI. The archive has the name 'SelectOSv.1.1.lha'.

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19.Mar.2001
Martin R. Elsner on ANF


Further Development of ClassAction
The multipurpose program ClassAction will be developed furthermore. After a 3 year delay Martin R. Elsner took over the development from Salim Gasmi.

At the moment the programmer is working on the porting to reaction. A first screenshot is available here. There will be a beta version soon. If you would like to be a beta-tester please send an e-mail to email@martin-elsner.de.

ClassAction is a file-manager.

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19.Mar.2001
Jens Langner on ANF


Bug Reporting for InstallerNG/AmIDE/P96Speed
Since yesterday there is a new bug reporting system for the users and developers of the software-projects InstallerNG, AmIDE and P96Speed available at the following link:

http://bugzilla.light-speed.de/

We are using the bugzilla-system that is also used by Mozilla and RedHat too.

The developers of InstallerNG, AmIDE and P96Speed would prefer that the users would add new bugs in the future.

We will add other programms in the future because this tool to realize a bugwatch-system. The products can be find at the following links:

http://iNG.light-speed.de/
http://AmIDE.light-speed.de/
http://p96speed.light-speed.de/

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19.Mar.2001
Alfred Sturm


New Aminet Uploads
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fxPAINTDemo.lha      biz/demo   1.5M+THE new image-processing and paint-packa
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AVSearch.lha         comm/irc     3K+Search Altavista in AmIRC or CLI, New Ve
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YAT.lha              comm/mail  519K+Yet Another heap of Taglines for YAM
MiamiPhoneHU.lha     comm/tcp     1K+Hungarian pricefile for MiamiPhone (Mat 
wpz-impact.mpg       demo/file  111M+VHS demo by Whelpz+Potion released at Sa
hLA-AP15.lha         demo/mag   1.7M+Amiga Positive no.15, diskmagazine in cz
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htcobpp.lha          dev/misc    86K+Set of COBOL utility programs
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AmigaFuture29.lha    docs/mags  460K+Great german paper mag preview
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dynSP_style.lha      game/data   89K+SouthPark Style for dynAMIte
F1GP_2001.lha        game/data    9K+2001 F1 season data for F1GP-Ed (18 Marc
CGXMode3V2.9-I.txt   gfx/board    2K+Italian Catalog for CGXMode 2.9
CreateIndex.lha      gfx/conv    71K+Make HTML picture index with ImageStudio
Iconian298_Dt.lha    gfx/edit     7K+Much improved German catalog for Iconian
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LocalePL_OS39.lha    misc/misc  209K+Polish locale OS39 (AmigaPL/ISO-8859-2)
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gazswb.jpg           pix/wb     569K+My Hot WB :)
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r_HU.lha             util/cli     1K+Hungarian catalog for "R" v1.55
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Type1EngineHU.lha    util/libs    7K+Hungarian catalog for Type1Engine (Fixed
AmiSearch11Dt.lha    util/misc    5K+V1.3, German catalog for AmiSearch 1.1
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AntiCron.lha         util/rexx    5K+Deny program execution at certain times 
AmberRAM.lha         util/sys    42K+Replacement RAM disk. Beta. GPL.
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DefComp.lha          util/wb     29K+Popup menu program selection for DefIcon
GenePrefsFR.lha      util/wb      7K+French locale for GenesisRAPrefs
WBInfoV2.9-ITA.txt   util/wb      2K+Italian Catalog for WBInfo 2.9


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19.Mar.2001
Digital Amiga Dream


DAD Interview with James Daniels
Digital Amiga Dream interviewed James Daniels, programmer of Payback.

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19.Mar.2001
CUCUG


CUCUG: Status Register March 2001
The Status Register is the monthly newsletter of the Champaign-Urbana Computer User Group. It deals with topical and important information about Amiga, Macintosh and PC.

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19.Mar.2001
Diverse Sources


Software News
VersionWB V2.16
Håkan Parting made version 2.16 of VersionWB available for download. The program displays version strings and is easy to use with DirOpus or RO.

akMPEG V.4.60
Andreas R. Kleinert released version 4.60 of this MPEG-player. Download: akMPEG4.lha

JST V4.7
Version 4.7 of JST by Jean-Francois Fabre were released and is now available as freeware! JST lets you install games on your harddisk and offers patches to increase the compatibility to new Amiga-systems. Download: jst.lha

wav-Datatype V41.9
Stephan Rupprecht released version 41.9 of the wav sound datatype (68k + WOS). Download: wavdt41.lha

WHDLoad V14.0
Bert Jahn released version 14.0 of WHDLoad. WHDLoad helps you to install floppy based games on your harddisk. Download: WHDLoad_usr.lha

XBaze
Rafal Kaczmarczyk announced the soon release of version 7 of the database-editor XBaze. The new version will contain localizations and documentations for different languages.

Scalos Plugin
There is a new update of the 'Persistent Windows Plugin' for Scalos available at the Scalos homepage. The plugin remembers opend windows even after a crash of your computer. Download: Scalos-Plugin_PWindows.lha

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19.Mar.2001
BTTR-Team via E-Mail


Back to the Roots Amiga-News #228
There are new games available from our webside. The highlights are the following programs:
  • Air Supply / Magic Bytes
  • Beast Busters / Activision
  • Castle of Dr. Brain / Sierra
  • Death Trap / Anco
  • Fire and Ice / Graftgold
  • Gloom Deluxe, Gloom Special Edition 97 / Acid Software
  • Paradroid 90 / Graftgold
  • Uridium 2 / Graftgold
  • Virocop / Graftgold
  • XTreme Racing / Silltunna Software
  • ...und mehr!

Additionally there are new scene demos, music files and pictures and an interview with Adam 'Scorpik' Skorupa, one of the most famous musicians in the amiga scene.

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18.Mar.2001
Bob Scharp via E-Mail


Amiga2001
As formerly reported several times, the Gateway Computer Show 'Amiga2001' will take place in St. Louis from 03-30-2001 to 04-01-2001. Petro Tyschtschenko will attend a celebration on the occasion of his retirement at the show .

The original message:

»Petro Tyschtschenko is hosting a celebration at the Amiga2001 show. That's right, Petro has been kind enough to provide funding for a little celebration of his retirements. Check out the web pages for this special announcement.

Don't forget, we have a ROAST of Petro lined up for the Banquet. The deadline for advance ticket purchase and the Banquet have been extended to Monday March 26. Banquet tickets are only available in advance this year. So get you check in pronto. Tickets are selling very well.

The Amiga2001 web pages have been updated several times since my last email. If you haven't checked them for venors and prizes lately, you should look again. We'll have more next week too. So check often.

Several companies have been kind enough to donate prizes for our show. Also, the hall is filling up quite nicely, so check and see if you've missed any of the vendors.«

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18.Mar.2001
Dirk Hase on ANF


Which one looks best? Amiga-Boing-Ball or Check-Marks?
Dirk Hase takes interest in the opinion of Amiga-Users. "I have already heard many said that they prefer the Check-Marks over the Boing-Ball. One criterion is the recognition value of the logos. The Check-Marks overrules the Boing-Ball at this in my experience. Has the time come to start a poll about his? Or maybe a graphics contest about this subject? I think that Amiga Inc. should also be informed about this since we can count on a new product, soon."

We can fulfill Dirk's wish about the poll. You can participate by following the title link.

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17.Mar.2001
Amiga-Community on ANF


Amiga-Community.net news
From this day on Amiga-Community.net is split into different sites:
  • Amiga-VIP.net - The user info portal only for AMIGA
  • Amiga-Info.net - The portal for forums, auctions and short adverts around AMIGA
  • Amiga-News.net - The portal for up-to-date news headlines around AMIGA
  • Amiga-faq.net - The forum for questions around AMIGA, and their answers
  • Amiga-***.net - The site that is yet in preparation

P.S.: A sponsor is still wanted!

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17.Mar.2001
Wolf Faust on ANF


Version 2 of the Universal Filter for PageStream
The 'universal' filter allows loading of many additional graphic formats within the PageStream v3.x/v4.x DTP program. Furthermore the loading of already supported graphic formats was considerably accelerated in parts.

Version 2 of the filter is finally released for free on http://www.uni.coloraid.de. Similar to ICS the filter is now using the IRW library for image loading.

The innovations in version 2 are:
  • Now supports <8Bit and CMYK modes in PageStream
  • Faster
  • Almost no memory usage when no image is loaded
  • Loading of 16 bit (converted to 8 bit) and CMYK data is now possible
  • Improved PGM/PBM/PPM/JPEG/BMP/TIFF routines
  • Considerably improved error handling thanks to IRW
  • Locale support
  • Compiled for different cpus
  • MANY small improvements

The supported formats for now are:

BMP, DataTypes, DCX, IFF ILBM, JPEG, PCX, GIF, PGM/PBM/PPM, PNG, Targa, TIFF

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17.Mar.2001
Heise [newsticker]


Heise: Slashdot have to Delete Article about Scientology
On last Friday the news and discussion forum Slashdot announced a premiere the operators might rather not wanted to experience: for the first time the internet service - founded in 1997 they have become one of the most important speaking tubes for the open source scene - had to remove an already published article.

In a message regarding the incident Rob Malda, founder of Slashdot and on the net also known as CmdrTaco, stated that on Saturday last week an anonymous reader had contributed an article containing a text Scientology keeps copyright for. Scientology lay claim on being a church which the US revenue authorities admited.

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17.Mar.2001
Scalos


Scalos News
The website of Scalos, the comprehensive Workbench replacement, had been reworked. Next to new graphics and an improved navigation you can find here the information that a new version with many bugs removed is currently being tested. It is yet unknown when the new version will be publicly available.

Furthermore some subdomains were created:


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17.Mar.2001
DCE


DCE Website: Support Area Extended
DCE, manufacturer of several Amiga expansion cards, has extended their support area with several manuals that are downloadable as PDF documents. A description of the new GREX 1200 PCI interface is available, too.

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16.Mar.2001
amigasdk.com


Espial Escape - Slim Webbrowser for AmigaDE
"Escape is a HTML4.01 webbrowser which just happens to work on AmigaDE thanks to its Java support. Escape is not only small, but fast and loaded with features including HTML4.01, DHTML and more."

On amiga.org you can read about it:

I noticed that the easiest way to install Espials Escape on the AmigaSDK was to simply unzip the *.jar files to the root. Sadly there was no archive on Espials homepage that made it easy for me to get them. So I mailed them about the problem. Now they have added an archive of Escape with the Jar files on their homepage.

Further links on Espial Escape:
Espial Homepage
internet® product watch
devices.internet.com

Espial Escape is a slim webbrowser for smart devices which supports all modern web standards.


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16.Mar.2001
amiga.org


Merlancia Industries and Nova Design: Keynote Address on Amiga 2001 show
Merlancia Industries and Nova Design will both be making some astounding announcements during a joint Keynote Address that will open the Amiga 2001 show on Saturday, March 31st, 2001.

Details are not available in advance, but both companies promise some great news. The Keynote Addresses will begin before the opening of the exhibitor floor on Saturday and are open to all at no extra charge.

Best Regards,
Bob Scharp
bscharp@icon-stl.net
http://www.amiga-stl.com/

Links to the companies:
Merlancia Industries
Nova Design


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16.Mar.2001
Apex Designs


Payback Update
The first update for Payback is available. Several reported bugs were fixed and a screen scaling feature was added for slower processors. Also, new graphics were integrated.

There's also an update of the demo version, which raises the time limit of three to five minutes.

On the Payback website, an FAQ about Payback was opened which answers frequently asked questions. The game can be ordered directly in the online store.

In an interview with the Amiga-Future, programmer James Daniels describes Payback as follows: "The player assumes the role of a young, fleeing driver and attempts to become a big gangster boss. The game is entirely non-linear. To complete a level, the player has to collect a certain amount of points. How he achieves that is entirely up to him. You can follow the advice of the local Kingpin, uncover secret missions, or get into a fight."

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16.Mar.2001
Alfred Sturm


New Aminet Uploads
TermiteTCPDemo.lha   biz/demo   201K+TermiteTCP demo
TTCP110_to_120.lha   biz/patch  162K+TermiteTCP 1.10 to 1.20 patch
Aminet.awnp.lha      comm/www    72K+AWNPipe gui. Searches/Downloads Aminet F
DeluxeMapV2_1.lha    dev/amos   283K+Map editor
Amiga-C-Feb01.lha    dev/c      112K+Postings to Amiga-C mailing list in Febu
dech.lha             dev/e       43K+Deniil's E-Compiler Handler v1.38
m2latex.lha          dev/m2      64K+LaTeX files from Modula-2 and Pascal sou
adaratio.lha         dev/misc   494K+Hypertext Ada 95 Rationale
TTCP_SDK.lha         dev/misc   121K+TermiteTCP Software Development Kit 1.00
Abbo.lha             dev/src    444K+Source of game written in E
BattleDuel1.7P.lha   docs/help   14K+Polish Locale for BattleDuel1.7
MetalCorner401.lha   docs/mags  357K+German Metal Mag in HTML - April 2001 Is
WarpUp-Feb01.lha     docs/misc   21K+Postings to the WarpUp mailing list in F
Bdynamite.lha        game/data   96K+Another style/graphics module for dynami
Detris.lha           game/wb     80K+Tetris for WB by Deniil 715! v3.1
Emerald.lha          game/wb    1.1M+Simple simplicity in graphical games and
jpeg6bwosutils.lha   gfx/conv   238K+IJG's 6b JPEG utilities for WarpUp
BetaScanMustek.lha   hard/drivr  86K+Mustek/Trust Scanner Driver For BetaScan
MMKeyboard.lha       hard/hack   82K+V0.35 Use entire Multmedia Keyboard on A
bc-conta.mpg         mods/mpg   3.9M+Contact:  Ambient Electronic Dance
TheMPegEncGUI.lha    mus/misc    84K+GUI 4 Ncode, MusicIn, Lame, BladeEnc, Pe
Bounce3.lha          pix/anim   492K+Some animations and some players 'Bounci
AmigaUnited.mpg      pix/mpg    912K+First Render of the Amiga United Group l
AmigaUnited1.mpg     pix/mpg    912K+First Render of the Amiga United Group l
CoolWb.lha           pix/wb     806K+Patterns, audio and docks for a very nic
ThrymWB.jpg          pix/wb     227K+Thrym's 1024*768*24 bit WB screen
YureWB2.jpg          pix/wb     141K+A beautiful WB screen
QuickNote.lha        text/edit   63K+Notepad for scrap-notes (very handy)
startmeupv1_25.lha   util/boot   31K+Startup files management
MultiRen.lha         util/misc  176K+Powerful multi-file renaming tool (with 
UntarV1_11.lha       util/pack   16K+Tar files extract util
DRemind.lha          util/time  215K+Reminds you whenever you want.. v1.57!
trackdisplaycl.lha   util/time   37K+V1.15 Use hardware track display as cloc


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16.Mar.2001
Virus Help Denmark


Virus Help Denmark Presents VTC Hamburg
Virus Help Denmark presents the virus test center Hamburg (VTC) and reports on their anti-virus-scanner tests for Amiga which can also be read online.

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16.Mar.2001
ANF


UAE 0.8.16 (Beta/ Developer Version) Released
A new beta/developer version of UAE, the Amiga emulator, has been released.

Download Version 0.8.16: uae-0.8.16.tar.gz

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16.Mar.2001
Andreas R. Kleinert via E-Mail


akJFIF datatype Version 44.96 Released
On Andreas Kleinert's support site, version 44.96 of the akJFIF datatype for several processors (68k, PUP and MOS) with notable speed enhancements are available for download.

[News message: 16. Mar. 2001, 17:32] [Comments: 0]
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16.Mar.2001
Stefan Schulze on ANF


New Screenshots of the Real-time RPG "Between the Lines"
Because of a harddisk crash, we have lost all source codes of our games "Crossfire II" and "Between the Lines". At least Crossfire II could partly be recovered, but it'll take several months to fully restore it.

As a compensation and the long time during which nothing happened on our homepage, there are a few new screenshots of the real time RPG BtL.

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16.Mar.2001
Michael Wilps on ANF


Updates of the Warp datatypes and Warp Preferences Available
Oliver Roberts has made available new versions of his Warp datatypes for JPEG, PNG and BMP images on his homepage. Besides some optimizations and bugfixes, a preferences program was added which offers several dithering algorithms.

Download:
WarpJPEG: WarpJPEGdt.lha
WarpPNG: WarpPNGdt.lha
WarpBMP: WarpBMP.lha
WarpPrefs: WarpDTPrefs.lha

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15.Mar.2001
CD³²-Allianz on ANF


CDTV DeveloperKit Released
From now on the CDTV DeveloperKit is available for free download at the CD32-Corner.

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15.Mar.2001
amiga.org


Monkey Island Tones for Nokia 3210 Cell Phone
At Arcadetones you can find new ringtones for your Nokia 3210 cell phone. Worth mentioning in this is that those are to be pices of music from the popular adventure game 'The Secret Of Monkey Island'. Available are music from Ghost Dance, Le Chuck's Theme, Scumm Bar, Title Music, and Voodoo Shop. Those either can be downloaded as .mid files or directly fed to the cell phone with a certain character string.

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15.Mar.2001
amiga.com.pl


What's Faster - G4/733 or Dual G4/533?
Bare Feats have tested what's faster, the Macintosh G4/733 or PowerMac Dual G4/533. You can read the test results generated with different programs under the title link.

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15.Mar.2001
Amster


Amster News
Amster is a program for downloading of authorized MP3 music files from Napster. One also can let the program (client) search for music files made available by other participants or can chat with other participants.

Yesterday the Amster source code was put on SourceForge. Interested developers can participate in further development under 'CVS access' (explanation in addition).

Since it wasn't clear to me what CVS access means I asked about this on our internal mailing list. Ruediger Hanke took the task to give an extended explanation. Because I can imagine our readers to be interested in this, too, I post his answer here:

What is CVS access?

CVS = Concurrent Versions System, a program for source code management. Among other things the program saves old versions of the source code, so one can trace changes from one version to another. Furthermore it coordinates changes in source codes if several developers are working on one single program. Else there would happen situations like follows:
  • developer A loads source ab.c
  • developer B loads source ab.c
  • developer A saves source code ab.c including changes done by him
  • developer B saves source code ab.c including changes done by him and by doing so overwrites the changes of developer A.

CVS cares for changes not to be accidently overwritten by somebody and in the case of need announces conflicts caused by changes. Thus it is essential if several developers are working on one single program.

Amster seems to be under CVS control. "CVS access" in this case means that people wanting to participate in programming Amster can get access to the CVS server managing the program's source codes.

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15.Mar.2001
Michael Mueller on ANF


New Amiga Game for Everybody
A new freeware game for grown-ups and kids. Download Amiga-Superball for free. The game is runnable on any Amiga with 1 MB of Chip-RAM. You can also register for the game info-letter and then directly will receive an e-mail with information if a new game get's available for download.

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15.Mar.2001
Halvadjian Georges on ANF


PerfectPaint V2.5
PerfectPaint V2.5 is available. New in the current version:
  • Add AppIcon
  • Drop one file, Pfpaint will ask you if you want to load the file as a picture, brush or anim.
  • Drop several files, and PfPaint will create an anim.
  • Improve Undo:
    • Entirely Rewritten
    • add a Real Redo
    • Add Prefs
  • little bug corrected with 'Adjust levels'
  • Last Jpeg.library is used.
  • bug fix with effectbrush and picasso96
  • Improve Edit mask: 'Pick color' now have tolerance.
  • New Arrex Commands
    • pp_GetCurrentFrame
    • pp_GetCurrentBuffer
    • pp_GetCurrentBrush
    • pp_FindEmptyBuffer
    • pp_FindEmptyBrush
    • pp_SetBuffer
    • pp_ClearCurrentBuffer
    • pp_AnimGui
  • You can have ten buffers, each buffer can have a picture or an anim, with different depth.
  • Improve Scaling anim picture, and scaling anim window
  • Improve animation storage: RAM or HD (you can also select a path for the storage.)


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14.Mar.2001
IT-Business News No. 11


Plextor Stops SCSI
Plextor Europe will stop production and distribution of SCSI CDRom drives this very year. As reason for this the company named regressive sales figures as well as problems in providing components. In the long term this would also affect the American and Japanese market. One would want to address the DVD market segement with devices with USB and Firewire interfaces in the future.

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14.Mar.2001
Timo Kloss via E-Mail


Inutilis News
Good news: It has been just uploaded the third demo-version of Ermentrud! It is a new graphic adventure which plays in the Middle Ages.

There has not been many changes to the content but you can finally check out the inventory and dialog system! Do not miss it!

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14.Mar.2001
Christoph Meier on ANF


The Register: IBM serves up PowerPCs for Hitachi
»IBM and Hitachi are to jointly design and make a range of selected server and semiconductor components. The plan is to speed up product development.

The agreement covers future versions of IBM's PowerPC processors, selected chips to support Hitachi's VOS operating system, and technologies such as multi-chip ceramic modules and memory cache components for use in IBM and Hitachi servers.

Hitachi will also sell rebadged PowerPC-based servers and embrace AIX 5L as a strategic platform.«

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14.Mar.2001
Christoph Meier on ANF


A Ground-shaking Event
Amiga, Inc. announce the Gateway Computer Show 'Amiga 2001' which will take place from March 30th to April 1st, 2001 in St. Louis with the following curious making and hope for something great raising words:

On February 28th, 2001 an announcement was made to a group of employees, and other well known technical people within the Puget Sound region.

Moments later a 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook the northwest. What was said? What was the possible reason for the sudden shift in the earth? Come to St. Louis and learn the answers.

You can find the link to Amiga 2001 here.

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13.Mar.2001
Olaf Koebnik via E-Mail


Amiga Arena News
Preface
Since I cannot affect as much as I would like to on my own I decided to take a chance for a partnership with the Fun Time World! The Amiga Arena homepage will remain what it is, now, and I hope to be able to act even more effective in this partnership than before !
Olaf Koebnik - Amiga Arena

Amiga Arena - Fun Time World Partnership
The shareware market suffered from evaluations of the past years. The amount of new releases decreased very much every year. To stop this evaluation the pages Fun Time World and Amiga Arena agree to a partnership to patronize the shareware market. This partnership's objective is to call user's attention to developments at the shareware market.

This is to serve the purpose of higher sales and to motivate developers to continue to develop new and better programs, at the same time. In the future by a closer cooperation with the developers user's wishes shall be taken into account more than this has been done before. In further steps registration of programs from foreign countries shall be facilitated.

It will be determined from surveys which kind of software is in demand most. Special wishes from now on can be sent to the Fun Time World and to the Amiga Arena. Programmers who would agree to offer their programs at a more cost-effective price for a certain period of time, can contact the Amiga Arena at any time.

Amiga Arena
The Amiga Arena is a shareware / freeware support site with special prices for shareware software, links, interviews, and full versions of shareware software which will not be further developed.

Fun Time World
The Fun Time World page provides the Amiga users with topical news, test of software and hardware, as well as important information since several years. Meantime the service has been extended by adding an online shop as well as auction and forum sections.

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13.Mar.2001
clickBOOM


clickBOOM S-File # 10
In the latest S-File clickBOOM say that all the defective Nightlong-CDs are pressed again. Registered Nightlong-users can fill in a formular at the password protected portal of clickBOOM to receive the new CDs.

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13.Mar.2001
Alfred Sturm


New Aminet Uploads
Football.lha         biz/dbase  583K+*NEW* Version 2.6 - Setup your own leagu
HTMLread.lha         comm/mail  484K+YAM-Plugin to read HTML-Emails
OrangeFTPd.lha       comm/tcp    16K+OrangeFTPd V1.0, freeware FTP daemon.
Tango.lha            comm/tcp   114K+Samba/smb-handler gui. 
NGC-Animatunes.lha   demo/file  1.7M+Animatunes / N.G.C (WHD version)
NGC-ArtParadis.lha   demo/file  1.4M+Artificial Paradise / N.G.C (WHD version
wpz-impact.mpg       demo/file   12M+VHS demo by Whelpz+Potion released at Sa
SceneArchives.lha    demo/mag   1.3M+SASU v1.09: Ultimate Demo CDs-11 CD's (8
clockita.lha         dev/basic   67K+Italian clock+alarm+source code (bugfix)
Dorkalize.lha        dev/c      172K+Very powerful localization tool, v0.9
AmiSlateSource.lha   dev/misc   188K+Partial source code for AmiSlate1.4
Amygate1.1PL.lha     docs/help    5K+Polish Locale for Amygate1.1
Virus_ChkII_PL.lha   docs/help    7K+Polish Locale for Virus_CheckerII
starmag26_ht.lha     docs/mags  1.6M+German Amiga-Online-Magazine HTML-Versio
TheCrypt16.lha       docs/mags  2.1M+Issue 16 of "The Crypt" magazine
Toadies_Interv.lha   docs/misc    3K+Amiga Arena Interview mit Thilo Khler
FA_Talkie.lha        game/2play   6K+Better talkie files for Frontal Assault
Toadies.lha          game/2play 1.0M+Version 8.0 - a real Worms clone !
ChaosLite.lha        game/board 5.7M+World's Best Board Game! 1-8 players! Fa
Inju2CARDS.lha       game/data  253K+Anime Cardset for Soliton
Mattonite_Src.lha    game/demo   37K+Source codes of Mattonite and MattoniteE
Diamchal.lha         game/misc  248K+Platform: collect diamonds V1.0 !FINAL!
NapalmPL.lha         game/patch  11K+Polish Locale for Napalm
angband.lha          game/role  726K+Angband 2.9.2 - Roguelike solo RPG
World.lha            game/role  199K+"WORLD" text adventure, includes source 
colourlines.lha      game/think 107K+Logical ball game
Now_Pop_Quiz_2.lha   game/think 351K+Quiz for all music fans around the world
Now_Pop_Quiz_3.lha   game/think 486K+Quiz for all music fans around the world
Now_Pop_Quiz_4.lha   game/think 542K+Quiz for all music fans around the world
SmartScale.lha       gfx/conv    17K+A CLI/WB program used for gfx conversion
FlashMandelPPC.lha   gfx/fract  3.9M+The best fractal rendering program for A
FormAldiHyd.lha      hard/drivr 120K+V2.2, Driver for Aldi/Tevion/Aiptek/Waco
cpcd2dsk.lha         misc/emu    15K+EmuCPC .CPCD to .DSK format converter
imdbDiff010302.lha   misc/imdb  5.9M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
Da_13b.lha           misc/misc  126K+Calorie counter and more, italian versio
atom.lha             misc/sci    78K+Propability densities of  electrons in p
id3taglibgui.lha     mus/edit    77K+MPEG Audio ID3Tag (V1.x and V2.x) Editor
Amoralplay1.5.lha    mus/play   121K+A no fuss multiformat audio player.
Panos3D.lha          pix/trace  203K+Some 3D pictures by Panos
recoilwb02.jpg       pix/wb     206K+*recoilBENCH 2001* 1024x768x16bit Picass
recoilwb03.jpg       pix/wb     280K+*recoilBENCH 2001* 1024x768x16bit Picass
recoilwb04.jpg       pix/wb     179K+*recoilBENCH 2001* 1024x768x16bit Picass
CloudedViews.lha     pix/wfm    2.2M+7 graphix on knowing the heart
QuickNote.lha        text/edit   63K+Notepad for scrap-notes (very handy)
HP_Deskjet870C.lha   text/print  41K+Deskjet 8x0C/9x0C Driver for WB V40.13
BackDrop12.lha       util/boot   26K+Force Workbench 1.3 to run in a normal w
Kill2090.lha         util/boot   14K+Reboot, toggle NTSC/PAL, disable autocon
mathlibspatch.lha    util/boot    9K+Mathffp, ieeesingtrans libs SpeedUp Patc
Wibby.lha            util/boot   19K+Small, quick, and useful taskbar util
HardwareInfo2.lha    util/libs   31K+Library for hardware check and control
Pony3D.lha           util/libs   43K+Library with 3D graphic functions
ReqAttack.lha        util/misc  628K+Best, configurable requesters for Amiga
ReqAttackUpd.lha     util/misc   85K+RAPrefsMUI1.71 - ANOTHER BUGFIX
Lightpen.lha         util/sys     9K+Lightpen-Handler, use lightpen instead o
MegaRamfix.lha       util/sys     4K+Elsat.device fix
SaveROM.lha          util/sys     6K+Save`s ROM to file
QuickLens.lha        util/wb      7K+A quick lens, any OS, source included
SystemReset.lha      util/wb     22K+Simply reset tool
VBRControler.lha     util/wb     18K+Tool to control your VBR location.


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13.Mar.2001
Amiga Support Network


Dave Haynie Describes PIOS One System
Dave Haynie has released on the developer-supportpage of Amiga, Inc. some technical documents which deal with the PIOS One System. The original message:

Open Documets

These are Technical and Informational documents that are either supplied by Amiga or Third Parties, as noted.


  • The PIOS One System Specification - Graciously supplied by Dave Haynie [PDF (33.8 MB)]
  • The PIOS One Open CPU Module - Graciously supplied by Dave Haynie [PDF (729 kB)]
  • Zip file containing both PIOS One documents [zip (2.73 MB)]


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12.Mar.2001
Stefan Blixth via E-Mail


OnyxSoft News
New version : DECH (Version 1.38)
Information : - Removed "Stack of executed programs" and
                replaced it with "Stack of the compiler".
------------------------------------------------------------
New version : Detris (Version 3.1)
Information : - A lot of changes and added features,
                mouse/joystick can be used to control the
                game.
              - Two new draw methods for the background etc.
------------------------------------------------------------
New version : DRemind (Version 1.57)
Information : - Removed a longstanding Enforcer hit.
------------------------------------------------------------
New version : MultiRen (Version 1.44)
Information : - Fixed the MP3-Info plugin (returned wrong
                layer).
              - Enable what entry the program will sort
                (secondly) by.
------------------------------------------------------------
New version : QuickNote (Version 1.4a)
Information : - Fixed the enforcer hits that was
                introduced in 1.4,
                Thanks to Luca "Hexaae" Longone and
                Stefan Ruppert...
------------------------------------------------------------
New version : TheMPegEncGUI (Version 2.07)
Information : - Added some options for BladeEnc.
              - Moved the encoder paths to make the GUI
                smaller.


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12.Mar.2001
Diverse Sources


Software News
CygnusEd Professional 4.21 for MorphOS
There are a minor update for CygnusED available at the MorphOS-Website. The official CygnusED4 CD-ROM is recommended for this update. Download: ced_mos_ppc-upd421a.lha

WBStartEmu Version 45.1d
Stephan Rupprecht released version 45.1d of his wbstart.library for OS3.9. Download: WBStartEmu.lha

Randomizer for the Workbench-background
Stephan Rupprecht released version 39.9 of 'random wbpattern picture selector'. Download: rndwbpix.lha

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12.Mar.2001
amiga.org


New Products for ImageFX by LegacyMaker Inc.
Legacy Maker, Inc. released a tutorial-video named Catalyzer Vol. 3 for ImageFX version 4.0. The video deals with layers, scaning, printing, animation and FXForge.

Version 2 of the Motion Control Plugin PanCanvas, for ImageFX were released.

"PanCanvas 2 lets you take a large image in ImageFX and move a virtual camera over it. You end up with an astonishingly smooth documentary-style animation.
You can output frames, anims, FlyerClips, and even Jstreams for the Broadcaster Elite. The virtual camera can zoom in and out, accelerate and decelerate, and move along a spline curve. You can add motion blur, render fields for video, and run macros on each frame before saving in a variety of formats."

Legacy Maker, Inc. will exhibit at the Gateway Computer Show in St. Louis.

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12.Mar.2001
Jens Schönfeld at ANF


isdnsurfer.device V1.942 Released
Few weeks ago a new programmer took over the work at the ISDN-software and ported the source to a new compiler. Because we could not find any bug in this new version we decided to release it as a public test version but there are no new features or bugfixes.

Download: isdndev.lha

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11.Mar.2001
AmiSource on ANF


Finally Fresh Explosives: dynAMIte is Ready
At the Cologne 'World of Amiga' the AmiSource-Crew had already spread a free preview version of the new network Bomberman clone 'dynAMIte'. Now, three months later, the game is ready and is downloadable as freeware exclusively from the AmiSource website.

French and English documentations are included while the single player mode desired by Petra didn't make it.

Download, log-in and take pleasure in the game. And all for free.

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11.Mar.2001
Diverse Sources


Software News
ppclibemu
Frank Wille has made version 0.8f of his PPC library emulation ppclibemu available for download. Download: ppclibemu.lzx

HP Deskjet 870C driver
On Peter's Amiga Page you can find a new printer driver version 40.13 for the printer HP Deskjet 870C. Download: HP_Deskjet870C.lha

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11.Mar.2001
Gunter Hinrichsen on ANF


New Version of HTMLread
A new version of HTMLread (v1.1) can be downloaded from the support page.

HTMLread is an extension for YAM. YAM is a wonderful mailer, but not capable of displaying e-mails written in HTML code as like as sent by Netscape, Eudora or Outlook. HTMLread discovers, converts and sends these e-mails to a HTML viewer.

Some changes were made in the new version:
  • HTML parser rewritten (faster, more compatible, , full «base» tag support),
  • Problems with blank characters in the name fixed.
  • New GIF for condition.
  • Better error handling.
  • HTMLreadPrefs rewritten (now with MUI GUI)


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11.Mar.2001
Gary Peake via E-Mail


AMIGA Inc.: New PDA Projects
As already reported on amiga-news.de, Amiga Inc. is organizing a project for programming software for PDAs. People who want to take part in this project as programmers may announce himself/herself via this page.

Amiga already has contact with companies who like to use the AmigaDE software on their appliances. In this context Gary Peake, director for development and support at Amiga Inc., wrote the following on AMIOPEN mailing list:

We have spent considerable time talking with a company who likes what they see of the Amiga content thus far. They will not be announced until St Louis, but we all know that development needs lead time.

This company has some PDA models coming out real soon now and we have sold them on letting Amiga developers produce their content.

This content will be sold via a web portal and all certification and runnability testing will happen here at Amiga Inc for logistic reasons.

Specs are as follows for two separate units:

Screen Size: 240x320, 65k color3.5" reflective-TFT

Screen Size: 176x220, 65kcolor, 3" reflective-TFT

Both units will be able to handle up to 500k games and applications. Due to CPU speed limitations, code must be tight and efficient as always. This customer prefers VP coding, but won't pass on C, C++, or Java apps.

Examples of content needed:

Hoyle type card games
Chess
Checkers
Armageddon
PokeYman derivatives
No X rated content!


I am sure they would welcome any freeware content, but they are mainly looking for commercial quality content. Details on how the system will work will be released shortly to those who respond to this email.
If you are seriously interested in producing PDA content please send me an email to gary@amiga.com.
You MUST be under NDA AND be a registered Amiga developer before I can release any further information to you so make sure you have a valid NDA on file.

If you have not yet registered and you have a copy of our SDK, please go to www.amigadev.net and register as a developer.

If you do not have a valid NDA with us, simply look at www.amigadev.net under the "legal" menu, grab a copy of the NDA and get it mailed back or faxed back ASAP. Address and fax number is on the NDA.

Only serious need respond as we will be on a tight schedule to meet the first delivery date.

This may be cross posted to Amiga news web sites and other lists.

Gary Peake
Director - Developer Relations and Support
Amiga Inc.
www.amigadev.net
www.amiga.com

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11.Mar.2001
amiga.org


New Development System for PDA Games for the AmigaDE
Ast, by the makers of KDP, is a new PDA game for AmigaDE. The game uses the gm-Engine to give developers easy access to the basic functions necessary for games developement for PDAs.

The release of Ast and gm is still long in coming. But for the meantime there's a picture of an Ast beta version. This imgae was taken before the final graphics set was added.

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11.Mar.2001
Thorsten Schoelzel on ANF


Wordworth Developments
Unfortunately development of Wordworth for the AMIGA has ceased several time ago. The last version 7 indeed contains many features, but also lacks of things like for example a JPEG filter. So you have to convert the wanted JPEG graphic for now into IFF or another format Wordworth supports using a separate program. Another thing completely missing is PPC (WOS) support.

I'd like to call programmers among other things working with Wordworth to program the missing things (I'm mainly about the JPEG filter). Provided that I'd have the needed development tools, compilers etc., and a supporting (teaching!) programmer, I'd do it myself.

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11.Mar.2001
Greg Donner


OS 3.9 FAQ Update Version 1.4
Greg Donner has updated the following parts of his official OS3.9 FAQ (Version 1.4):


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11.Mar.2001
Andreas Kuerzinger via E-Mail


AKIconzGold Update
5 days after the latest update there's again one due.: On my homepage can be found the third (and probably the last) "homepage only" preview of the AKIconzGold. There are almost 40 new icons. Additionally the ReadMe was extended by an important part regarding the installation in which the setting of the correct color palette is described that is necessary to display the icons as wanted.

The setting of this color palette gives some more advantages: All icons, no matter whether MagicWB (8 colors), RomIcons (16 colors, often to be found with the installers of WHDLoad and jst) or just the AKIconzGold (and also the similar BNSMWBicons) have always the right colors with this setting. And NewIcons, too, manage with this palette, and even GlowIcons do look relatively appealing on a 32 colors screen!
People who don't want to restrict themselves to one "kind" of icons but want to have the correct color settings for almost all icons should set this palette!

Besides, all sites of the homepage were recreated. Although less the design but especially the colors were chosen completely new. This looks, in my opinion, much better (and is much better matching the homepage title ;-)).

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11.Mar.2001
Ignatios Souvatzis via E-Mail


NetBSD/Amiga IOblix - Driver Change
The NetBSD/Amiga - IOBlix-Zbus driver was changed in a way that the quartz frequency is changeable via the kernel variable _iobzclock (with binpatch and reboot) or via the kernel option IOBZCLOCK.

Newer IOBlix cards use a 22.1184MHz quartz that allows more standard baud rates, older ones on the other hand use a 24MHz quartz. Owners of a 24MHz quartz need to set _iobzclock or IOBZCLOCK to 24000000.

Besides this, iobl* at zbus? is now included in the GENERIC configuration.

NetBSD-current testers are asked for review reports, also about the parallel interface. Details about the availability of source code etc. can be found at:

NetBSD in general
NetBSD on Amiga hardware

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10.Mar.2001
Diverse Sources


Software News
QuickNote
At OnyxSoft version 1.4 of QuickNote has been released. As it's name already suggests this program is a virtual notepad. Download: quicknote.lha

Tales of Tamar
For registered users of the online strategy game Tales of Tamar the new version 0.10 for Atari and v0.33_R6 for Amiga with bugfixed trading and further bugs fixed are available for download.

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10.Mar.2001
Elbox via E-Mail


FastATA Version 2.4 Released
FastATA v.2.4 is a common version of software designed for:
  • FastATA 4000 Controller (A4000 Power Flyer) for A4000, A3000 or A1200 with ZORRO III busboard,
  • FastATA ZIV Controller (A1200 ZIV Power Flyer) for A1200 with ZIV busboard.

New in this release:
FastATA software version 2.4 improves HDD reading procedures and the bug in nosplit disk identification process, which could make difficult the change of the way of HDD installation (SPLIT/NOSPLIT), was fixed.

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10.Mar.2001
Mennosto via E-Mail


PC MP3-Player 'Sonique' Planned for AmigaDE
Sonique is an audio player often used on PCs. According to the current Sonique newsletter it is planned to port version 2 - which is under development at the time being - to as much platforms as possible. The interesting thing in this is the AmigaDE being mentioned, too. Further details can be taken form the Sonique 2 FAQ.

This is from the Sonique newsletter, (sonique as you may
know is a rather good MP3-player on the PC)

SONIQUE NEWSLETTER - VOL 2. ISSUE 4. - MARCH, 2001

INTRODUCTION

As promised, this issue is a special update on the
current state of Sonique 2.  Things are progressing
very well and we're wetting ourselves several times
a day from sheer excitement. We have to keep the
entire office covered in plastic.  We've got webvan
delivering rubber pants and huggies directly to our
workstations. Yup, Sonique 2 is really that cool.

(stuff about sonique 2 deleted)

SONIQUE 2 PRIMER

You are probably wondering just what this Sonique 2
thing is really all about.  How is it different than
Sonique 1?  Why should you even care?  Well, first
off, let's talk about the number 2.  The "2" in
Sonique 2 is really less about Sonique VERSION 2.0
and more about Sonique 2, THE SEQUEL.  Sonique 2 is
not just another upgrade of the same old tired software.
No No NO! Sonique 2 is completely different.  Sonique 2
has been in development for over 2 years and shares almost
no code with Sonique 1.  It is based on entirely new
ultra-swoobtastic(tm) technology.  Audio system,
GUI engine, Skinning system, plugin architecture,
visual system, all sparkling new!  Even has that great
"new software" smell.

SONIQUE 2 & MANTIS

Sonique 2 is based on some very nifty technology that
Andrew, Nicholas, and the rest of the Sonique coders
have been developing for the last year called MANTIS.
MANTIS serves two important functions: First, it separates
GUI design from application development, allowing designers
and programmers to work separately on the same app, freeing
designers from the need to program and programmers from the
the need to do GUI design (they hate that).  Second, it
provides an extremely powerful environment for creating and
operating real-time GUI interfaces.  Animation, effects,
layering, font rendering, menu systems, and just about
everything else are handled by MANTIS, giving the GUI
designer supreme control over the look and feel of their
app.  Want to make a fully animated semi-transparent free
floating dockable custom menu with flames shooting out of it?
Want it in 200 languages? MANTIS can do that for you...

OTHER TECHNOLOGY

MANTIS is not the only booty-slappin' body rockin' trick up
our sleeve.  There's also the new audio system.  It features
24 bit audio (just like professional studio gear), support
for DSP effects chains, can easily handle just about any file
format, and is faster than fast.

The plugin system is flexible and powerful.  There are
really no limitations to what you can do.  Plugins can take
advantage of MANTIS and integrate seamlessly. We expect a lot
of really interesting plugins to be developed for Sonique 2.

This is going to be amazing...

(stuff about skins removed)

PLATFORM SUPPORT

Sonique 2 is very portable.  We designed it to be from the
beginning.

Expect Sonique 2 for Windows 9x, ME, NT4, 2K, XP as well as
Mac OSX,

Linux, BeOS, and AmigaDE

LEGACY SUPPORT

Yes, Sonique 1.x Skins and Visuals will work with Sonique 2..

QUESTIONS

If you have questions about Sonique 2, ask them in the forum
(0000,8000,0000 http://forum.sonique.com).
We will go through the threads in the forum every so often
and move common questions onto the FAQ.

The answers that you seek are often available from other users
or Team Sonique members themselves.  We prefer communicating
in the forum to receiving tons of email.  We get enough email
as it is.

CONCLUSION

Sonique 2 is something everyone at Team Sonique cares about
deeply.  We're sure that you are going to love it.  We
certainly do...

BIZ DEV

If you have business related questions about Mantis or Sonique2,
please contact our business development staff at 0000,8000,0000
info@sonique.com or call 415-276-3940.

I hope this is of intrest to you,

Bye M Stormink.


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09.Mar.2001
MorphOS


Morphtris 1.2 Released
Emmanuel Lesueur has released Morphtris Version 1.2 for PPC/MorphOS. It is a simple Tetris clone which is system friendly and runs on a Workbench screen. A 68k AmigaOS and a PPC MorphOS version are available, the correct version is chosen automatically.

Download: Morphris12.lha - 42 kB

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09.Mar.2001
Virtual Dimension


Video of the World of Amiga 2000 Finished
The video on the World of Amiga 2000 by Virtual Dimension is finished! The file is available as MPEG (two versions) or as DivX video (for all those who can play it, it has better picture and sound quality and is only slightly larger). Have fun with it!

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09.Mar.2001
Alfred Sturm


New Aminet Uploads
Dohodnina00.lha      biz/dbase    8K+Calculates income tax in Slovenia
LocalePL_OS39.lha    biz/dbase   56K+Polish locale for OS3.9 ver 1.4
LCR-I.lha            comm/misc   93K+LeastCostRouter for german Internet Prov
Cookie_Killer.lha    comm/www    25K+AWeb cookie management (v1.21)
AsmPro.lha           dev/asm    165K+Asm-Pro V1.16i mc680x0 macro assembler
Toadies.lha          game/2play 1.0M+Version 8.0 - a real Worms clone !
Mattonite_Src.lha    game/demo   37K+Source codes of Mattonite and MattoniteE
SmartScale.lha       gfx/conv    14K+A CLI program used for graphics conversi
FormAldiHyd.lha      hard/drivr 120K+V2.2, Driver for Aldi/Tevion/Aiptek/Waco
ECat03.lha           misc/misc   40K+Spanish Catalogs Pack 03
zab-hybrid.lha       mods/hardc 2.7M+DBM 8ch -> Zabba <- acid gabba 224bpm
zab-ves_buduc.lha    mods/hardc 2.2M+DBM 8ch -> Zabba <- psy acidgabba 286bpm
mp32html.lha         mus/misc    47K+V2.9a - Converts MP3 directory to HTML.
Minimalist.lha       pix/misc   242K+Graphics set for Visual prefs & birdie
vd-hew99.mpg         pix/mpg     19M+VD: Videoreport of "Home Electronics Wor
vd-hew99s.mpg        pix/mpg    5.8M+VD: Videoreport of "Home Electronics Wor
vd-neuss2000.mpg     pix/mpg     29M+VD: Videoreport of "World of Alternative
vd-neuss2000s.mpg    pix/mpg    8.9M+VD: Videoreport of "World of Alternative
PetterssonsWB.jpg    pix/wb     164K+Pettersson's CGX workbench in 800x600
CLI_Progs.lha        util/cli    64K+Misc small utilities for CLI use. V1.00
ReqAttack.lha        util/misc  628K+Best, configurable requesters for Amiga 
Fix.backdrop.lha     util/wb     46K+A handy GUI to clean up .backdrop files


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09.Mar.2001
Sebastian Jedruszkiewicz on ANF


Frogger 1.64 Released
Frogger 1.64 was released today. Most important improvement is speed increase, 1.64 is up to 25% faster than 1.63. Of course it also includes lot of bugfixes (as usual ;), and some new features. There are binaries for 68k (030, 040, 060) and PPC (PUP, WOS, MOS) available.

Download:
http://frogger.rules.pl or
http://highantdev.de/frogger/

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08.Mar.2001
X-CELLENCE on ANF


X-CELLENCE goes AmigaDE
We will not develop our games (SCR2K, FirePower and New York Nights) for the Classic-Amiga. For us this was not easy to decide, but the limited possibilities of the PPC/3D system the AMIGA can offer for the time being don't meet our requirements.

Since we all are AMIGA users from the very beginning, we didn't want to put down our ambitions regarding the AMIGA, thus we came to the conclusion to develop for the AmigaOne. We hope for your understanding.
Your X-CELLENCE Team

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08.Mar.2001
Olaf Koebnik via E-Mail


Amiga Arena News
Amiga Arena - Full Version!
In cooperation with Guido Mersmann the keyfile for the best BoulderDäsh conversion of the C64 original BoulderDäsh is available for download exclusively for the Amiga Arena! Some claims to fame:
  • 1:1 Clone of the original game.
  • Runs in multitasking.
  • Online help.
  • Locale support.
  • Commodore Styleguide conformable programmed.
  • Fully graphics board compatible.

The program BoulderDäsh is located at the Aminet. Note: The keyfile comes exclusively from Guido M. registered to the Amiga Arena and may not be offered to others as download or copy!

Amiga Arena - Toadies Project!
Toadies, the Worms-Clone by Thilo Koehler is available for download in version 8.0!
The Toadies survey for development of a computer rival will still be online until 25 March 2001! The English version of this survey is to find on the Toadies homepage.

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08.Mar.2001
AROS


AROS News
Sebastian Heutlin has done some floppy images for AROS (a boot image with the kernel, and a boot floppy with the FFS filesystem enabling you to run 'gtdemo'). The images are ready for donwload at two locations:

ftp://ftp.aros.org/pub/aros/DiskImages/
http://wh2-315.st.uni-magdeburg.de/~sheutlin/aros/

Details on bugfixing and the project's progress are to find under the title link.

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08.Mar.2001
Michael Jurisch on ANF


New Survey - Joystick Adapter
Is there anybody interested in an adapter to connect an Amiga joystick, e.g. for use with UAE, or does anybody know a manufacturer already producing such? An old Amiga freak has developed such adapter and would start a small batch production if enough people will contact. If you are interested, please participate in the survey (click on title link, then on "Umfragen").

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08.Mar.2001
Christoph Meier on ANF


Microsoft Gives Windows 2000 Source Codes to US Major Customers.
»Microsoft has started to ship the Windows 2000 source code to up to 1,000 of their major customers as like to the PC manufacturer Dell. The company announced this on Tuesday. Microsoft's major customers for the first time would be able to see how Windows 2000 looks like "below the bonnet". But it is not allowed to change the source code. «
Complete article under the title link (German).

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07.Mar.2001



Jikes V1.13
Kriton Kyrimis has released version 1.13 of the open source Java-compiler 'Jikes' for AmigaOS and AmigaDE (AmigaSDK). The compiler distinguishes by high speed and is therefore a good choice for extensive projects.

The compiler has been developed by Philippe Charles and David Shields for alphaWorks-program from IBM. The current homepage of the compiler is situated on IBM - developerWorks.

You can download the different versions for Amiga under the title link. Besides the compiler you need the Java-run-time-classes e.g. from Sun or the open source Java-implementation Kaffe. You can find a Kaffe-version for AmigaOS which also supports under the Geek Gadgets X11-port graphics under Amiga Jikes FAQ from Kriton Kyrimis.

The version of Amiga works without ixemul-library.

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07.Mar.2001
Christoph Meier on ANF


Golem: House searching at Met@box
»Public prosecution investigates because of suspicion of investment and share price imposture.
This morning the public prosecution searched the offices of Met@box. This is connected with the investigation which has been done since February of this year against the responsible members of board because of the suspicion of investment and share price imposture as well as the possible insider trade. The company has promised unlimited support to the investigators.«
See title link for full article (German).



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07.Mar.2001
Chris Hodges via E-Mail


FormAldiHyd V2.2
There is a new version of FormAldiHyd which is a driver for Aldi, AipTek Hyperpen and WacomIV compatible graphic trays.

The support of the macro keys as well as the possibility of playing sounds when clicking the pin have been added. FormAldiHyd now finally works with the multi I/O cards MultiFace and IOBlix. Of course a lot of bugs have benn fixed and many minor details added (see readme).

Download

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07.Mar.2001
Ralph Reuchlein on ANF


www.amigaworld.com is Not Down...
Yesterday I was pointed out that AmigaWorld obviously cannot be accessed. But www.amigaworld.com still works only the `international` DNS-entry is missing - according to DENIC "Record last updated on 26-Feb-2001" -.

You can access the site under http://151.189.12.217. If you want to read the programs support sites you have to do it in the following way, e.g for MUIbase: http://151.189.12.217/support/muibase/ (Do not forget the slash at the end!). Ralph Reuchl

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07.Mar.2001
ANF


G-REX 1200
G-REX 1200 PCI boards will be dispatched to customers and resellers on March 9th. Hardware and software have already finished, but writing the documentation is still in progress.

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07.Mar.2001
Christian Effenberger on ANF


New version of SiteWay-modules: WebColor 1.2
WebColor is a helpful tool for creating and editing HTML-colours. You can choose the colour in 24 Bit mode or it can be reduced to the so called "web-palette". The Workbench palette colours can be used and the VGA- and Netscape-colour names are also supported. WebColor is part of the SiteWay project.


WebColor can now adopt each colour from each window or screen using a pipette (...which turned out to be very useful!).

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06.Mar.2001
Alfred Sturm


New Aminet Uploads
Today from Paderborn again; maybe some entries of the last uploads list are the same, sorry.

GI-TB_ArtEffec.lha   biz/haage   42K+GlowIcon Toolbar for ArtEffect 4
3pYAM.lha            comm/mail   24K+AddOn for YAM and free email-address
YAMGenesis.lha       comm/mail   16K+Start & stop Genesis from YAM2. V1.02
Amitcpprefs_GR.lha   comm/tcp     4K+Greek locale catalog for AmiTCP Prefs
AmiVNC.lha           comm/tcp   131K+Experimental VNC server for Amiga w/C so
hserv.lha            comm/tcp   312K+Hserv ARexx HTTP/1.1 c.c. server
NetConnect_GR.lha    comm/tcp     3K+Greek locale catalog for NetConnect
rxsocket.lha         comm/tcp   154K+Rxsocket.library TCP/IP ARexx library
smbfs.lha            comm/tcp   120K+SMB file system client; complements Samb
URLLink.lha          comm/www    17K+Creates a file link to an URL
rno-aldi.lha         demo/slide 6.4M+RNO: "Goes Aldi" a TP2k partyslideshow
SamplesMaster.lha    dev/amos    92K+Creates IFF and RAW samples (italian)
guigfxDevBas.lha     dev/basic   10K+Using GuiGfx library from HBasic
RenderDevBas.lha     dev/basic   11K+Using Render library from HBasic
amigastlport.lha     dev/c       13K+Standard Template Library for StormC v4
2b_CreativE.lha      dev/e      112K+CreativE - AmigaE compiler/linker [binar
2b_CrtvE_src.lha     dev/e      183K+AmigaE compiler [sources]
jikes-diffs.lha      dev/lang    24K+IBM's fast Java compiler, v1.13 (diffs)
jikes.lha            dev/lang   676K+IBM's fast Java compiler, v1.13 (source)
jikes000.lha         dev/lang   608K+Fast Java compiler, v1.13 (68000 binary)
jikes020-060.lha     dev/lang   601K+Fast Java compiler,v1.13 (68020-060,FPU)
adaref95.lha         dev/misc   935K+Ada95 HTML-Hypertext Reference Manual
AmIDE.lha            dev/misc   265K+AmIDE v0.3  - Integrated Development Env
Basir.lha            dev/misc    67K+Commodore Basic reader and converter
Localizer1.39.lha    dev/misc   213K+A Locale Development Tool
MCC_NListt_SP.lha    dev/mui      6K+NListtree.mcp 18.7 spanish catalogs v1.0
adasrc2.lha          dev/src     33K+Collection of simple Ada-Sources
DVD-RAM.lha          disk/misc   90K+DVD-RAM, DVD and CD Support.
fat95.lha            disk/misc   56K+Win95/98 compatible file system
AmigaOS39.lha        docs/help   13K+A guide on Workbench 3.9
NotizieAmiga.lha     docs/hyper 718K+ITALIAN ONLY comunicati NotizieAmiga 02/
xadclients_ru.lha    docs/hyper  18K+Guide to all the XAD clients in Russian
Aakt0301GFX.lha      docs/mags  163K+AMIGA aktuell - German infotainment maga
Aakt0301GUIDE.lha    docs/mags   83K+AMIGA aktuell - German infotainment maga
Aakt0301HTML.lha     docs/mags  232K+AMIGA aktuell - German infotainment maga
AmigaForever4.txt    docs/rview   5K+Amiga Forever 4.0 Review
BattleDuel.lha       game/2play 2.8M+The *ULTIMATE* artillery game, now freew
F1GP_2001.lha        game/data    9K+2001 F1 season data for F1GP-Ed (4 March
JumpingAround.lha    game/demo  543K+JumpNRun demo game, working in progress
Mattonite_Src.lha    game/demo   36K+Source codes of Mattonite and MattoniteE
Yatzy2000.lha        game/misc  121K+Another nice Yatzy game (MUI)
NapalmPL.lha         game/patch  11K+Polish Locale for Napalm
Experiment_Ful.lha   game/role  1.3M+Futuristic graphic adventure
eyangband.lha        game/role  820K+EyAngband 0.2.3 - Roguelike solo RPG
gumband.lha          game/role  960K+Gumband 2.1.3 - Roguelike solo RPG
psiband.lha          game/role  748K+Psiband 1.20 - Roguelike solo RPG
Simon2001.lha        game/think  62K+Oldie but goldie by DawnBringer
Emerald.lha          game/wb    1.3M+Simple and different Games and effects i
Pishti.lha           game/wb    106K+Popular Turkish card game. (v1.03)
SmartScale.lha       gfx/conv    17K+A CLI program used for graphics conversi
Photo2Ifx.lha        gfx/edit     1K+ARexx Script to load images selected in 
ImageEditor.lha      gfx/pbm    3.0M+Complex Image Editor based on NetPBM-Fil
ActionGUI.lha        gfx/show     7K+GUI for OS 3.9 Action player (Argue)
opendivx_libra.lha   gfx/show   209K+Opendivx.library (WarpUP and 68k support
TestGear-Notes.lha   hard/hack    7K+Test equipment projects, general notes.
ClockPeek.lha        hard/misc   17K+Direct A500/2000/1200 clock chip access
Perl.lha             misc/antiq 117K+Perl v 1.0.1.10
551convGUI.lha       misc/emu    19K+GUI for 551conv
imdbDiff010223.lha   misc/imdb  2.9M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
YACAS.lha            misc/math  564K+Mathematics Program, v1.0.45
SpaTra07.lha         misc/misc   71K+Spanish Translations Pack 07 v0.20
happyhour.lha        mods/blkha 201K+PT mod by blakkhar
hardriving.lha       mods/house 641K+16-channel DBM mod by Tripper
ignorance.lha        mods/house 307K+16-channel DBM mod by Tripper
slowfood.lha         mods/house 255K+16-channel DBM mod by Tripper
spinsession.lha      mods/house 417K+16-channel DBM mod by Tripper
AntiqueDreamFu.lha   mods/med   4.3M+By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
Aphex401.lha         mods/med   934K+By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
Aphex401Fix.lha      mods/med   151K+By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
AutomaticTranc.lha   mods/med   348K+By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
ChaosPlus.lha        mods/med   125K+By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
ElectronicCity.lha   mods/med   796K+By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
FastXRace1.lha       mods/med   1.1M+By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
FastXRace2.lha       mods/med   949K+By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
IntroToTheRace.lha   mods/med   319K+By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
IntroToTheWorl.lha   mods/med   343K+By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
MainCode.lha         mods/med    27K+By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
OneGoodDay.lha       mods/med   152K+By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
QuickStart.lha       mods/med   408K+By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
RaceB.lha            mods/med   261K+By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
Syndromedia.lha      mods/med   579K+By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
SysOIX-MCHVers.lha   mods/med    42K+By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
SystemOfSynthS.lha   mods/med    87K+By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
SystempOSVe4mo.lha   mods/med   206K+By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
TheNight.lha         mods/med   134K+By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
NP_PopYF.lha         mods/misc  865K+Noyz Phaktah '002 - Chemical Graveyard b
rno-r057.lha         mods/misc  258K+Rno-records release no.57 by Tang/rno (M
alien.mpg            mods/mpg   3.2M+Alien busters. Full 44khz (mono) Psytran
deathstar.mpg        mods/mpg   4.1M+Deep inside. Full 44khz (mono) Psytrance
deepinside.mpg       mods/mpg   3.6M+Deep inside. Full 44khz (mono) Psytrance
earthquake.mpg       mods/mpg   4.1M+Earth quake. Full 44khz (mono) Psytrance
lukeskywalker.mpg    mods/mpg   3.7M+Luke Skywalker. Full 44khz (mono) Psytra
rockalive.mpg        mods/mpg   3.2M+Rock is alive. Full 44khz (mono) Psytran
sommar.mpg           mods/mpg   3.0M+Sommartider. Full 44khz (mono) Psytrance
vdo_gene.lha         mods/vdo   1.1M+Conquest of our generation [xm 32ch]
id3tagLibGUI.lha     mus/edit    73K+MPEG Audio ID3Tag (V1.x and V2.x) Editor
PlayGUI.lha          mus/play   858K+GUI for HIPPO,MPEGA,PLAY16 AND GMPLAY!
SmallPlugin2.lha     mus/play    16K+A fast, small and transparent AmigaAMP p
CastroD1.mpg         pix/3dani   12M+The Demo Castro 1
auge.jpg             pix/art     18K+Picture called "In the eye of the observ
looking_up.jpg       pix/art     26K+Picture called "looking up eyes" 
aquiz01.jpg          pix/henz   236K+Amiga Quizshow
aquiz02.jpg          pix/henz   397K+Amiga Quizshow
aquiz03.jpg          pix/henz   250K+Amiga Quizshow
g-devicn.lha         pix/icon    26K+Small collection of device icons
sg-strip_6.lha       pix/misc    90K+[ancor] strip 6 of StarGround
sg-strip_7.lha       pix/misc    64K+[ancor] strip 7 of StarGround
sg-strip_8.lha       pix/misc    46K+[ancor] strip 8 of StarGround
BlueNowee.lha        pix/wb     200K+Blue WB Look by Nowee for Visualprefs
DarkReign.lha        pix/wb     253K+Contrasted WB Look by Nowee for Visualpr
adaratio.lha         text/hyper 494K+Hypertext Ada 95 Rationale
TH-Etiketten.lha     text/print  15K+Lable Print (german only)
AntiBlanker.lha      util/blank  10K+A tool that disables your screen blanker
wavdt41.lha          util/dtype  17K+Datatype for wave sounds 68k+WOS (41.7a)
asyncioppc.lha       util/libs   24K+Asyncio.library with WarpOS functions (V
extralib.lha         util/libs  183K+Dynamic buffer system, CRC, text, memory
Type1EngineHU.lha    util/libs    9K+Hungarian catalog for Type1Engine
cookietool.lha       util/misc   51K+Clean up your fortunes database, V2.4
ReportPlus.lha       util/misc  341K+Report+ 4.31: Multipurpose utility
ReqAttack.lha        util/misc  633K+Best, configurable requesters for Amiga
1200module.lha       util/moni    6K+A1200/060 Voodoo3 3000 Sysspeed Test mod
rmh.lha              util/rexx   65K+Rmh.library - Rexx Must Have library
rxmui.lha            util/rexx  421K+RxMUI - MUI GUIs in ARexx macros
TransADZ.lha         util/rexx    9K+Archive script for TRansADF
vht-vg32.lha         util/virus  87K+VirusWarning.Guide v3.2 (VHT-DK)
Fix.backdrop.lha     util/wb     46K+A handy GUI to clean up .backdrop files
Image2Icon.lha       util/wb     56K+Creates thumbnail icons 68k+WOS (1.16a)
Memicon.lha          util/wb     17K+Memory/Screen/OS display for OS3.5/OS3.9


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06.Mar.2001



Interview with Thomas Knäbel, pblan GmbH
Martina Jacobs from amiga-news.de asked the CEO of the bplan GmbH some interesting questions:

Amiga-News: The Pegasos specification basically corresponds to the Zico specification from Amiga, Inc. In your announcement you talked about the hardware, after it was technically enabled, to be utilized for system software verification. Are there plans to also make the Pegasos prototype available to Amiga, Inc. for Amiga product verification?

Thomas Knäbel: In the first step we conceive the BIOs and boot software of the Pegasos hardware for system software . When these are working faultless (i.e. it will then already be possible to start Linux) the hardware will be available for software developers (so for Amiga, too).

Amiga-News: In the comments on your announcement on amiga-news.de Michael Garlich from Titan-Computer was talking about AmigaOS 3.1 - 3.9 will run on the Pegasos hardware, until the software would address the AGA chip-set. Is this true and if so, how broad is this downwards compatibility? Will it be possible to run style guide conformable applications and current available games on the Pegasos hardware under AmigaOS 3.1 to 3.9?

Thomas Knäbel: The current software stage allows to execute the following kinds of applications:
  • All of the AmigaOS 3.1 - 3.9 programs which do NOT directly address the Amiga chip-set. That is to say programs accessing the system via the AmigaOS' API are executable.
  • PowerUp programs (not directly accessing the hardware)
  • WarpUP programs (not directly accessing the hardware)
Amiga-News: Furthermore Mr. Garlich was talking about a PCI-AGA card was in consideration. Of course this makes Amiga users' hearts beat faster. Are you reflecting such thing regarding Pegasos?

Thomas Knäbel: We are taking this into account.

Amiga-News: The Classic-Amiga not only has the AGA chip-set for custom chip. Standard for sound output is the internal sound chip (Paula). Will the Classic-Amiga's sound chip be emulated by the Pegasos system and/or are there other solutions for sound output under AmigaOS via the Pegasos' integrated sound sub-system (e.g. similar to AHI on the Amiga)?

Thomas Knäbel: The Amiga's original audio output is made possible by a respective emulation. Programs utilizing AHI are supported directly.

Amiga-News: Is there something you would like to say to the Amiga users?

Thomas Knäbel: On this occasion we would like to thank all of the Amiga users and software developers who had to manage things without new hardware for a long period of time. We are sure to be able to offer to all of these Amiga enthusiasts a hardware which meets the requirements of a modern computer system.

Amiga-News: Thanks a lot for this interview and much success for the future.

Contact information bplan GmbH

bplan Gesellschaft für Planung und Fertigung elektronischer Baugruppen mbH
Georg-Wolff Straße 8
60439 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

WWW: bplan GmbH
E-Mail: info@bplan-gmbh.de

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06.Mar.2001
Michael Rupp at the ANF


New project: TAWS - The Amiga Workbench Simulation
TAWS is a JavaScript project with the aim to convert the look & feel of our beloved Workbench to a browser.
Many Amiga-related sites use the l&f of the Workbench for navigation, so I had the idea to perfect it.
Feedback is wanted; I am interested in others point of view and if I should go on with the project or not.

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06.Mar.2001
Digital Amiga Dream


DAD:Interview with Raymond Cindriæ of DDE
Digital Amiga Dream has made an interesting interview with Raymond Cindriæ of Digital Dreams Entertainment (Wasted Dreams). Raymond talks about the beginnings of DDE and the situation nowadays.

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06.Mar.2001
FORE-MATT via E-Mail


100%AMIGA Issue 10
The March issue of the CD Amiga magazine "100%AMIGA" was released. The CD has its own Desktop, you do not have to read, you just can listen and view. This issue contains a review of "Earth 2140" and a preview of the Space ShootemUp "Land of Genesis". "Land of Alcandria 3" is the Full version and demo versions of "Payback" and "OctaMed Sound Studio 2" are on the CD. Also the latest news and reviews about the Amiga world are contained, too. More details, follow the title link.

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05.Mar.2001
Olaf Koebnik via E-Mail


Amiga Arena News
Amiga Arena - Special Offer!
Amiga Arena is offering, in cooperation with Thorsten Hansen, a special price for AMPlifier. AMPlifier is a MPEG-audio player that is also able to play different 16-bit audio-formats. AMPlifier supports hardware based MPEG audio-decoders and software decoding by using mpega.library.

Features:
  • Support for Musicam up to layer III, AIFF, MAUD, WAVE and RAW.
  • play, pause, stop, forward, backward, skip back, skip forward
  • Usage of external visualization plug-ins
  • Support for WinAMP skins
  • Support for ID3-tags
  • ARexx port

In a own matter
Dear Amiga Friends,
I am happy to be able to present a new special offer after long time. There are some more promises for new offers but the developers are still working on new versions and thats why I am not able to go into details now.

I hope you will take the given chance and support the developers. The registration fee goes directly to the developers.
Sincerely Olaf K. - Amiga Arena

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05.Mar.2001
Andreas Kuerzinger via E-Mail


New AKIconzGold
The second preview of the icon-collection "AKIconzGold" is available at the download area of the webpage of Andreas Kuerzinger. There are nearly 60 new icons. The collection now contains 200 different icons. Furthermore some sides of the homepage were updated.

Download: AKIconzGold.lha

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05.Mar.2001
Jens Langner at ANF


AmIDE Beta Version 0.3beta Released
The second public beta of AmIDE released today.

A list of the new features is available in the release history under the title link.

About AmIDE:

AmIDE is a "Integrated Development Environment". You can use it to manage, edit and compile software projects. MUI is used for the GUI.

Download: AmIDE_03b.lha

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05.Mar.2001
Richard Kapp on ANF


GFX-BASE Update
There are many new entries at the GFX-DATABASE. Furthermore the patch section were increased. Some weeks ago a news section was established that is updated nearly every day. The news informs about new and announced games. If you want to write a review of your favorite game or a newly published one feel free to do so. New entries and interesting game links are always welcome.

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04.Mar.2001
David Zaroski via E-Mail


Geek Gadgets-Server with new IP
This is an important update concerning the GeekGadgets' servers. Over the next few days the GeekGadgets project will be moving to a new IP address [64.232.230.106]. A temporary disruption in service may occur due to propagation delays in the various Domain Name Servers, but nothing to be alarmed about. If you do experience problems, you can use the IP (64.232.230.106) temporarily until the DNS hosts get caught up.

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04.Mar.2001
amiga.org


Magazine: THE CRYPT #16
Issue #16 of the English disk and online magazine 'THE CRYPT' was published.

This magazine was founded in 1996. Among other things it contains articles and columns about the Amiga, stories and history as well as graphics.

In the current issue among other things there are tests of 'Professional File System 3' (PFS3) and 'Simon The Sorcerer II'. The article 'Check how secure your Amiga is' deals with the Amiga's security while using the Internet.

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04.Mar.2001
Achim Stegemann


Programmers for Internet Software Project Wanted
Achim Stegemann wrote:
Programmers wanting to participate in a software project for the Amiga are wanted.

The project's focus is to program a shared library to make developing of Internet programs easier for less experienced programmers.

Many of us know the problem: One would like to load a file from the Internet via FTP or HTTP protocol with his own program, but doesn't know the respective procedure or addressing bsdsocket.library is too complicated cause you don't know the commands needed. In such cases diverse source codes from Aminet or Linux sources offer only limited help.

The library (maybe by the name of ftp.library ?) would do all this work for the programmer. For example it should be easy to access files on FTP servers by "FTP_Directory", "FTP_Open", "FTP_Read", "FTP_Write", and "FTP_Close" (function names are possible examples). Similar should be possible for HTTP or other protocols (e.g. e-mail communication).

The library is meant to become freeware to make it available for any program developer. Anybody conversant with the use of BSD socket commands and Internet protocols wanting to participate in this project is called to contact me via e-mail

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04.Mar.2001
Achim Stegemann


asyncio.library for WarpOS Update
There now is an update for the asyncio.library for WarpOS in version v40.4. The update fixes a exception handler hit under WarpOS v5 as far as the handler was activated (thanks to Oliver Roberts).

The update can be downloaded from the download section on the homepage. It was also uploaded to Aminet and should be available there, soon.

Furthermore developers utilizing the PPC functions of asyncio.library (WOS) might contact Achim Stegemann for exchange of experience.

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04.Mar.2001
BoingWorld


Simon 2001 V2.1
Simon is a small classic computer game where the objective is to repeat an ever growing sequence of lights and sounds. This is a small update and re-compilation of an old routine written by BoingWorld editor: Richard 'DawnBringer' Fhager.

Simon2001: Is a remake of an old classic game where the objective is to repeat an ever growing sequence of lights and sounds. Download it here.

I played a version of this game on the C64 --- and while I could never repeat more than 15-20 steps I had a friend that managed almost 70!!! (I have 100 steps in this game) --- If you can top this or even get close to my friends "record": Please, mail me, and let me know!

This was originally an old game I wrote back in '91. I added a nicer interface in '97. This version (v2.1, Feb 2001) is slightly polished and recompiled.

Download: simon2001.lha (64K)

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04.Mar.2001
Czech Amiga News


Scenebook gets Updated Again
Skid^Ozone: "Scenebook is back! We're busy uploading all the progs that were released since the last update (late '99), so please report any broken links to Wavemaker or Skid. I'd like to say a big THANK YOU to Real Ice of Elerium Core (PC) for the domain, and Gandalf (Planet-D admin) for providing us with top quality hosting for free. Without them this new Scenebook wouldn't have been possible."
If you did not know, Scenebook was a great place if you wanted to get hold of all the recent releases on the demo scene... The website is reachable at the title link!

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04.Mar.2001
Czech Amiga News


Digi Booster Pro Add On CD
APC&TCP have released the 'Digi Booster Pro Add On CD' containing a collection of high quality samples, modules, and programs for the Amiga computer. The CD addresses anybody doing music of any kind. It especially aligns with 'Digi Booster Pro', a program capable of playing and editing all of the sound from this CD. More information under the title link.

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04.Mar.2001
Czech Amiga News


Audiomaster 2000 V0.62
Bright Light Software have released version 0.62 of the sample editor 'Audiomaster 2000'. Contrary to previous releases this one is no more beta version, but a finished product.

The program is shareware, needs MUI, and supports any AHI device.

Download: audiomaster2k.lha (256K)

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04.Mar.2001
Czech Amiga News


AROS News
AROS, the open source project to implement a portable AmigaOS is progressing.

Most remarkable innovation is the finished locale preferences program by Georg Steger. There is also a screenshot of this preferences. Additionally there is a demo showing the use of the cool_buttonclass for Georg Steger's coolimages-Library.

The fractal program 'XaoS' (contrib section) needs topaz/8 font, hence it doesn't work correctly any more since AROS now utilizes a proportional font.

Johan Alfredsson has corrected an error in C:SetKeyboard and in the RAM handler. IPrefs now can use notification in ENV:Sys/ to update the settings.

Thanks to Stefan Berger is now is possible to abort packets sent to the filesystem.

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04.Mar.2001
Fun Time World


Rainboot V3.2
Airsoft Softwair have released version 3.2 of 'Rainboot' which now offers enhanced graphic board support, AmigaOS v3.9 support, and it became more userfriendly. Additionally there are some smaller changes.

At the time being this version is available only for owners of the 'The Best Of Airsoft Softwair Gold Edition CD-ROM' which can log-on to the update section using their serial code and download the update there.

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03.Mar.2001
Jens Schönfeld on ANF


individual Computers: Insider Section Updated
For all programmers and people interested in technics the insider section on the support site of individual Computers has been expanded. The following files were added:


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03.Mar.2001
mOOdS on ANF


mOOdS - music for your instincts
The module platform Moods has started their online module Compo on the 1st of March. This competition is some kind of experiment, all of the participants have to download samples from the homepage and make the best of those few samples. The point of interest in this is - everybody will make different music from these. Until April 1st modules can be sent to the Moods' organizer via e-mail or mail to participate in the Compo.

A few days after closing date the modules will be available for download and voting. Besides of glory, fun, and new friends unfortunately there is nothing else you can win....
More information are to find on the homepage.

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03.Mar.2001
Olaf Koebnik via E-Mail


Amiga Arena News
Amiga Arena - DITO Password Release!
By authority of Dirk Holtwick the registration code for the vocabulary system software 'DITO' is ready for free download. DITO is built modular and has many features (flexible dictionary, gap-texts, number converter, vocable trainer).

The following languages are supported: English, Spanish and Italian. DITO and all of the additional modules are available from Aminet. Special thanks to Dirk Holtwick for releasing and to Erik Z. who made this possible and provided the file to the Amiga Arena!

Amiga Arena - Appeal!
Any further suggestions, tips or possibilities for the release of not further being developed sharware software? Please contact Olaf Koebnik! This also pertains to developers wanting to organize a special price project!

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03.Mar.2001
Jan Andersen via E-Mail


VirusWarning.guide Version 3.2 Released
VirusHelp Denmark has updated their VirusWarning.guide. Now the documentation contains all of the viruses which recently became known.

Name: VirusWarning.guide v3.2
Archive name: vht-vg32.lha
Archive size: 88.913 Bytes
Date: 03. March 2001
Programmer: Virus Help Denmark
Info: requires amigaguide.library

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03.Mar.2001
Richard Small via E-Mail


Schatztruhe News
Many new Amiga products (and some classics) and all items from the GTI Amiga Charts now available from Schatztruhe !
Additional products now available :

Chaos Engine 2 (Disk), Earth 2140 (CD), Exodus - The Last War(CD), Kang Fu (CD), Payback (CD), Simon the Sorcerer 2 (CD), Theme Park (CD), Wasted Dreams (CD), Animatic (CD), ROM 3.1 A1200 (Chip), Extreme Visual FX (CD), fx Paint (CD), fx Scan v3.0 (CD), MooVID Pro 2 (CD). VHI Studio (CD), Amiga Joypad, Amiga Mouse (white), Boing Ball Amiga Mouse Pad und DD-Disks (10er Box).

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03.Mar.2001
IEEE Spectrum Magazine (ANF)


IEEE Spectrum: Amiga: The Computer That Wouldn't Die
In the IEEE Spectrum Magazine there was published an article about the history of the Amiga. Focal point are the features of the original hardware (suitably to the main focus of the magazine), but the article also caters to the software.

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03.Mar.2001
Alfred Strum


New Aminet Uploads
German Aminet is not accessible since two days; so today the last 7 day's uploads from wuarchive directly.

FLeagues_BB2.lha   biz/dbase  116K   0 Football Database For 50 Leagues (v1.5a)
AE40-czech.lha     biz/haage   15K   0 ArtEffect 4.0 - Czech locale
AE40-francais.lha  biz/haage   15K   0 ArtEffect 4.0 - Francais locale
AE40-italiano.lha  biz/haage   19K   0 ArtEffect 4.0 - Italiano locale
AW20-czech.lha     biz/haage   13K   0 AmigaWriter 2.0 - Czech locale
AW20-italiano.lha  biz/haage   13K   0 AmigaWriter 2.0 - Italiano locale
AW20-nederland.lha biz/haage   13K   0 AmigaWriter 2.0 - Nederlands locale
AW20-turkce.lha    biz/haage   13K   0 AmigaWriter 2.0 - Turkce (turkish) locale
GI-TB_ArtEffec.lha biz/haage   42K   0 GlowIcon Toolbar for ArtEffect 4
amirsay.lha        comm/irc    62K   0 Speech for AmIRC (Loads of settings) V5.4b
3pYAM.lha          comm/mail   24K   0 AddOn for YAM and free email-address
Spitfire2.lha      comm/misc  787K   0 Palm Desktop for the Amiga!
AmyGate.lha        comm/net   116K   0 THE Aminet download manager V1.1A
adt_ixemul.lha     comm/tcp    78K   0 Aminet Download Tool 2.6, AmigaOS
Amitcpprefs_GR.lha comm/tcp     4K   0 Greek locale catalog for AmiTCP Prefs
facts.lha          comm/tcp    89K   0 V4.4 NTP clock synchroniser AutoDST/GUI
NetConnect_GR.lha  comm/tcp     3K   0 Greek locale catalog for NetConnect
Nature-Grid2f.lha  demo/intro  87K   0 Grid 2 final, winner 64k at TP2000
rno-aldi.lha       demo/slide 6.4M   0 RNO: "Goes Aldi" a TP2k partyslideshow
SamplesMaster.lha  dev/amos    92K   0 Creates IFF and RAW samples (italian)
yaec.lha           dev/e      460K   0 Yaec - Yet Another E Compiler [1.4a]
Basir.lha          dev/misc    64K   0 Commodore Basic reader and converter
Localizer1.39.lha  dev/misc   213K   0 A Locale Development Tool
MCC_NListtree.lha  dev/mui    260K   0 MUI list tree class for NList
NotizieAmiga.lha   docs/hyper 718K   0 ITALIAN ONLY comunicati NotizieAmiga 02/2001
AaktInt0201.lha    docs/mags  243K   0 International infotainment magazine
AaktInt0201GFX.lha docs/mags  305K   0 International infotainment magazine (graphics)
AIOV44.lha         docs/mags  319K   0 Amiga Information Online, Issue 44 (February 2000)
3DWorldArc0101.lha docs/misc   81K   0 Archive of the 3D World ML for 01/01
3DWorldArc1200.lha docs/misc   37K   0 Archive of the 3D World ML for 12/00
ChaosLite.lha      game/board 5.7M   0 World's Best Board Game! 1-8 players! Fantasy Wiza
Mattonite.lha      game/demo  259K   0 BreakOut demo game, working in progress
Mattonite_Src.lha  game/demo   33K   0 Source codes of Mattonite and MattoniteEd
Yatzy2000.lha      game/misc  121K   0 Another nice Yatzy game (MUI)
NapalmPL.lha       game/patch  11K   0 Polish Locale for Napalm
Experiment_Ful.lha game/role  1.3M   0 Futuristic graphic adventure
Awale.lha          game/think  56K   0 Awal  game for Amiga (french version)
Emerald.lha        game/wb    1.3M   0 Simple and different Games and effects in a window
Pishti.lha         game/wb    106K   0 Popular Turkish card game. (v1.03)
SmartScale.lha     gfx/conv    17K   0 A CLI program used for graphics conversion scripts
Photo2Ifx.lha      gfx/edit     1K   0 ARexx Script to load images selected in Photofolio
Perl.lha           misc/antiq 117K   0 Perl v 1.0.1.10
MemoTecV2.lha      misc/edu   156K   0 MemoTec - mind trainer (polish)
551convGUI.lha     misc/emu    19K   0 GUI for 551conv
apple2000e.lha     misc/emu    38K   0 Apple2000 with 2e extensions!
imdbDiff010216.lha misc/imdb  2.6M   0 Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
SpaTra07.lha       misc/misc   71K   0 Spanish Translations Pack 07 v0.20
hardriving.lha     mods/house 641K   0 16-channel DBM mod by Tripper
ignorance.lha      mods/house 307K   0 16-channel DBM mod by Tripper
slowfood.lha       mods/house 255K   0 16-channel DBM mod by Tripper
spinsession.lha    mods/house 417K   0 16-channel DBM mod by Tripper
AntiqueDreamFu.lha mods/med   4.3M   0 By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
Aphex401.lha       mods/med   934K   0 By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
Aphex401Fix.lha    mods/med   151K   0 By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
AutomaticTranc.lha mods/med   348K   0 By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
ChaosPlus.lha      mods/med   125K   0 By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
ElectronicCity.lha mods/med   796K   0 By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
FastXRace1.lha     mods/med   1.1M   0 By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
FastXRace2.lha     mods/med   949K   0 By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
IntroToTheRace.lha mods/med   319K   0 By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
IntroToTheWorl.lha mods/med   343K   0 By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
MainCode.lha       mods/med    27K   0 By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
OneGoodDay.lha     mods/med   152K   0 By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
QuickStart.lha     mods/med   408K   0 By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
RaceB.lha          mods/med   261K   0 By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
Syndromedia.lha    mods/med   579K   0 By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
SysOIX-MCHVers.lha mods/med    42K   0 By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
SystemOfSynthS.lha mods/med    87K   0 By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
SystempOSVe4mo.lha mods/med   206K   0 By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
TheNight.lha       mods/med   134K   0 By ESSENTiAL SOUND (ex.ESTROGEN)
alien.mpg          mods/mpg   3.2M   0 Alien busters. Full 44khz (mono) Psytrance (MP3) t
bc-andro.mpg       mods/mpg   5.0M   0 Andromeda:  Ambient new age music
deathstar.mpg      mods/mpg   4.1M   0 Deep inside. Full 44khz (mono) Psytrance (MP3) tun
deepinside.mpg     mods/mpg   3.6M   0 Deep inside. Full 44khz (mono) Psytrance (MP3) tun
earthquake.mpg     mods/mpg   4.1M   0 Earth quake. Full 44khz (mono) Psytrance (MP3) tun
lukeskywalker.mpg  mods/mpg   3.7M   0 Luke Skywalker. Full 44khz (mono) Psytrance (MP3) 
rockalive.mpg      mods/mpg   3.2M   0 Rock is alive. Full 44khz (mono) Psytrance (MP3) t
sommar.mpg         mods/mpg   3.0M   0 Sommartider. Full 44khz (mono) Psytrance (MP3) tun
SmallPlugin2.lha   mus/play    28K   0 A fast, small and transparent AmigaAMP plugin
CastroD1.mpg       pix/3dani   12M   0 The Demo Castro 1
auge.jpg           pix/art     18K   0 Picture called "In the eye of the observer" 
aquiz01.jpg        pix/henz   236K   0 Amiga Quizshow
aquiz02.jpg        pix/henz   397K   0 Amiga Quizshow
aquiz03.jpg        pix/henz   250K   0 Amiga Quizshow
MyBVisionWB2.jpg   pix/wb     252K   0 A screenshot of my WB...please check it out=) 
BTopaz.lha         text/bfont   9K   0 Bulgarian kirilized Topaz font + Keymap
html-php.lha       text/edit   22K   0 Extended HTML,PHP,JavaScript,JSP parser
Epson_400.lha      text/print  40K   0 Epson Stylus 400/440/460 Driver for WB V40.21
SubStr.lha         util/cli     7K   0 Returns a substring from a given string
wavdt41.lha        util/dtype  17K   0 Datatype for wave sounds 68k+WOS (41.7a)
1200module.lha     util/moni    6K   0 A1200/060 Voodoo3 3000 Sysspeed Test module
DOSTrace213.lha    util/moni   24K   0 SnoopDOS-like System Monitor      V2.13
DefComp.lha        util/wb     26K   0 Popup menu program selection for DefIcon
Image2Icon.lha     util/wb     56K   0 Creates thumbnail icons 68k+WOS (1.16a)


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03.Mar.2001
Michael Wilps on ANF


Beta 3 of the exec.library 44.1 Published
Harry "Piru" Sintonen has released the third beta version of 'his' exec.library for download on his homepage. Besides bugfixes the library contains many optimizations, too.

Download: exec44_1_beta3.lha

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02.Mar.2001
IconDesigner


GlowIcon toolbar for ArtEffect 4
The IconDesigners Thomas Peterseim, Oliver Tacke and Heinz Andreolla have made available their version of a toolbar for ArtEffect 4.0 for download at the title link.

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02.Mar.2001
Dirk Baeyens via E-Mail


New AMIGA Merchandising Products
AMIGA has some new merchandising articles. There are now CD holders, Amiga mugs and stainless steel coffee mugs with top.

[News message: 02. Mar. 2001, 21:34] [Comments: 0]
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02.Mar.2001
Matthias Henze on ANF


stormamiga.lib V.45.00 alpha 5 for SAS/C
For registered beta testers, there's a new version of the stormamiga.lib which contains many small but not unimportant improvements. Here a short overview of the most important changes:
  • support for MC68881/82.
  • the functions atan2, cot and pow2 were added; now all math functions of SAS/C are replaced.
  • all functions can now be collected in one code hunk.
  • some optimizations and bugfixes.


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02.Mar.2001



Press Release: "Free Amiga Jobs" Conversion
Cologne/Erkrath, Germany, 02-Mär-2001 - In April 2000, Free Amiga Jobs, the online job market especially for the Amiga market, was founded by amiga-news.de and AMIGAplus. During its existence, more than 50 employees were placed with firms and thus many new Amiga projects brought forward.

On March 1st, 2001, Free Amiga Jobs was restructured and equipped with a powerful database. Employers can now submit their job offers online, while employees can search for a job by several criteria. Of course it can still be used for free by both employers and employees.

'Free Amiga Jobs' can be reached on the internet directly at the URL amiga-news.de/cgi-bin/jobs-db.pl or from the website amiga-news.de/ or http://www.amigaos.de/.

More information:
Nico Barbat E-mail: nico@barbat.de

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02.Mar.2001
Philippe Bourdin (author) on ANF


New Syntax Parser for GoldED Studio 6
A new syntax parser for GoldED Studio 6 is available for download at the title link.

The syntax parser is based on Dietmar Eilert's source code. Some bugs were fixed and new functions were added:
  • recognition of script tags: PHP, ASP, JSP and Java-Script
  • within those, the program code is displayed similar to C/C++ (special characters, strings, brackets and program blocks are highlighted).
Hints on the installation and an example are in the archive which can be downloaded at the title link.

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02.Mar.2001
Andreas Falkenhahn via E-Mail


Airsoft Softwair Homepage News
The Airsoft Softwair Homepage can be reached now under http://www.airsoftsoftwair.com/ too. The web site provides information about all Airsoft Softwair programs as well as information about the first CD-ROM "The Best Of Airsoft Softwair Gold Edition". Of course the "old" URL http://www.airsoftsoftwair.de/. is still valid.

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02.Mar.2001
Michael Pfeiffer via E-Mail


VWP News
AudioCutter Cinema preview V 0.99 (Linux and Windows)
The preview version 0.99 of the AudioCutter Cinema can now be downloaded for free at http://www.AudioCutter.de/download.html. In addition to bugfixes and improvements of the effects, it features a newer, much faster Surround Render Engine version 0.75. Further, it is now possible to save projects in AIFF track format in the unregistered demo version.

Imperium Terranum 2 for WinUAE
A special, self-extracting archive of the popular game Imperium Terranum 2 is now available at http://www.VirtualWorlds.de/IT and can be downloaded directly at http://www.VirtualWorlds.de/Download/index.html. This package requires the Amiga emulator WinUAE and can be extracted directly into a Windows directory which is used by WinUAE as Amiga harddisk.

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02.Mar.2001
Christoph Meier on ANF


Golem: IBM Presents Faster, Less Power Consuming PowerPC Processor
»PowerPC 750CXe promises more power with less power consumption
With the PowerPC embedded processor 750CXe, IBM present a new processor. The chip manufactured in IBM's 0,18 micron copper process, will be available between 400 and 700 MHz.
The PowerPC-750CXe micro processor comes with 256K on-chip L2 cache and is supposed to be used in miscellaneous devices as routers, modems, digital TV boxes, laser printers, optical switches, RAID controllers but also PC's.«


More news on the topic:
EETimes
The Register
Toms Hardware

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01.Mar.2001
Ray McCarthy via E-Mail


Kicksoft: DrawStudio 2 Winner Determined
Kicksoft Ltd. determined the winner of the recent competition and thanks all of the participants. Other competitions are to follow.

The winner of DrawStudio 2 is George Albanidis from Greece.
Congratulations.

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01.Mar.2001
Torsten Dudai


New Caricature Online: So that was clear....




Walls are tottering in America, users are shivering here. Fortunately nothing happened for it could have been more bad....

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01.Mar.2001
Platow News


Metabox - And Proceedings yet Up
»As the news agency Reuters learned from the economy criminal case department of the prosecutor office of Hannover, Germany, there are preliminary proceedings concerning suspicion of manipulation of stock quotations and investment imposture against each of the three members of board of directors at the Metabox AG. Since end of year in Niedersachsen, Germany, it's beeing inspected if the crew of leaders at Metabox could be prosecuted for insider deals and manipulation of stock quotations. Still in the morning the company threatened to sue for libel a stock-letter because of reporting about such proceedings.«

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01.Mar.2001
alt.WoA


alt.WoA Report by Fleecy Moss
Fleecy Moss (Amiga, Inc.) has posted an alt.WoA report.

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01.Mar.2001
Olaf Koebnik via E-Mail


Amiga Arena News
Amiga Arena - AmigaKonto full version
By authority of Adreas Regul the program AmigaKonto is ready for free download. AmigaKonto was developed for management of accounts. Especially for bank giro accounts with many movements one quickly forfeits summary in verifying recurrent money transfers. Therefore AmigaKonto first of all serves as a special kind of database for managing the different transfer orders. By various selection and statistic functions then it is possible to address single positions well directed.

Full benefit is to achieve in collecting account data over several years to have comparison values at hand enabling you to get a quick summary by use of the selection functions.

Amiga Arena - Toadies Survey supplement
Participation in the survey to develop a computer rival for Toadies is without engagement. With Toadies belonging to the "most downloads" of Aminet in mind, I'm very disappointed about the results of participation, so far.

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01.Mar.2001
Jan Andersen via E-Mail


VirusHelp Denmark Survey Results
VirusHelp Denmark asked their readers for the mostly used anti-virus program. Here are the survey's results:

Rank  Program          Votes    Percentage
1.    VirusZ            79       32%
2.    VirusChecker II   69       28%
3.    VT-Schutz         55       22%
4.    VirusExecutor     39       16%
5.    VirusWorkshop      5        2%
6.    Other programs     3        1%
7.    ZeroVirus          0        0%
8.    Xtruder            0        0%
9.    VirusSlayer        0        0%
10.   BootX              0        0%
Supplement 02 March 2001: Yesterday VirusHelp Denmark started a new survey asking the people to estimate how many different viruses are known for the Amiga system. Results will be announced on April 4th, 2001.

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01.Mar.2001
Elbox Support via E-Mail


Elbox: MediatorUP 1.8
The Mediator PCI-busborad driver MediatorUP v1.8 is available for registered users.

Furthermore Elbox Computer say thank you to all of the participants in the hardware configuration survey.

[News message: 01. Mar. 2001, 17:18] [Comments: 0]
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01.Mar.2001
Martin Baute (BAUD) on ANF


Earthquake in Seattle
Last night an earthquake with the strength of 6.8 happened to Northwest USA. Seattle was affected particular; the news are talking about one event of death and several people got hurt.

Best wishes to Snoqualmie (30 miles away from Seattle); I hope everybody at Amiga Inc. rode out this night and that there is no large loss.

Supplement 02 March 2001 On an e-mail from us Gary Peake from Amiga, Inc.replied:
Everything is lovely here. The building shook pretty good for about 30 seconds but no loss of life anywhere in Washington State and not a lot of physical damage except to older buildings in bad need of repair. The news media made it sound much worse than it really was or could have been.
Thanks for asking about us!

Gary Peake
Director - Developer Relations and Support
Amiga Inc.


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01.Mar.2001
Jochen Terstiege on ANF


BattleDuel now Freeware!
The popular shareware game BattleDuel is freeware from today.

All of the features are enabled and all of the background graphics are part of the archive now to be downloaded from the BattleDuel homepage (title link).

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28.Feb.2001
Carsten Scholling on ANF


Localizer 1.39 - Bugfix
  • Source-scan code reworked; Cyberguard/Enforcer hits cleared, no empty entries after scanning
  • Wrong data format in CD/CT files corrected
  • New updated-flag in CD editor window
  • Automatical correction of source-codes when changing an original string
  • Language table enlarged
  • Nice and unnecessary menus integrated ;-)

Have fun!
Carsten Scholling

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28.Feb.2001
AmigActive


Opinion Poll at AmigActive
In order to adapt much better the content of the Amiga-magazine 'AmigActive' to the reader's wishes AmigaActive carries out an opinion poll.

[News message: 28. Feb. 2001, 18:56] [Comments: 0]
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28.Feb.2001
Haage&Partner


Haage&Partner News
PowerPC World News
The PPC World does not only offer news and software lists entries, but also an improved layout. So, just drop by.

ArtEffect colourful
Did you think of the tool symbols of ArtEffect looking a little bit colourless and dismal for a 24 bit picture editing program, did`nt you? Then you will like the new one because it offers 256 colours - even matching the packing: Download.

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28.Feb.2001
Manfred Rauer on ANF


New Strategy Game Planned
Alien Imperium is supposed to become a network and Internet game which is supposed to support several operating systems, because it will be programmed in Java. It will be made in co-operation of Amig@lien with AccM Software Allianz.

In this space strategy game you have to be superior in technology and tactics to other races. For instance you can invent a lot, but you can also enter alliances as well as other contracts.

Everybody who liked Imperium Terranum will be fine with this game. This game will be delivered on CD-ROM and will certainly be released for the AmigaOne, but also a classic-Amiga version is planned. We hope you are already excited.

Here is a hint for all who cannot wait for it: We hope to be able to show a graphic and sound presentation to the computer revolution 2001. (Ricco Clemens)

Those ones who want to support the project "Alien Imperium" should mail to AccM or Amig@lien. We are grateful for each help! Manfred Rauer (POI)

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28.Feb.2001
Steffen Haeuser on ANF


opendivx.library Finished
opendivx.library, which is a shared library for 68k and WarpUP systems for replaying OpenDivX animations, has been finished and can be downloaded on www.projectmayo.com.

It has been already released a special version of Moovid which uses opendivx.library (because Moovid is commercial, this special version only plays OpenDivX; you must have the full version for playing different formats).

The opendivx.library archive contains also information for programmers how to use opendivx.library in own projects.

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28.Feb.2001
Ignatios Souvatzis via E-Mail


New Developer in NetBSD Team
Jukka A Andberg has been included in the NetBSD-team. He has written a first (still incomplete) version of a wscons[1]-driver for NetBSD/Amiga and will now complete it.

Wscons is the console driver interface which does not depend on the machine and which is already in use on many NetBSD-architectures. It enables virtual switching consoles and makes the simultaneous use of text consoles and X11-screen(s) possible which is a characteristic not included in the ite- (Internal Tty-Emulator) system which is used in NetBSD/Amiga, so far.

Further information:
NetBSD
wscons

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28.Feb.2001
Andreas Falkenhahn via E-Mail


Appeal to Rainboot Users
There will be some decisive changes in the next version of Rainboot for users of graphic boards. Because I have not a CGfx or a Picasso96 system and I have got some messages that there are still some problems with Rainboot. Though it works generally, I ask all who are still having problems with Rainboot on Cgfx/P96 to contact me in order to be able to fix those. Thanks a lot!

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28.Feb.2001
Christoph Meier on ANF


Confusion about Proceedings Against Met@box
»Currently a report of the stock exchange information service Prior produces some confusion. Referring to this the public prosecution Frankfurt investigates the set-top-box producer Met@box from Hildesheim because of the suspicion of manipulation of the stock exchange. Already at the beginning of the year the business offices of the company has been investigated. At inquiry the public prosecution Frankfurt referred to their colleague in Hildesheim; the supreme public prosecutor Seemann confirmed that a proceedings was carrying out but refused to give further information. Instead of that he referred to the public prosecution Hannover which did not make a comment as well as Prior himself: "The chief is in vacancy", was the answer at inquiry from Heise online.«
For full article see title link (German).

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28.Feb.2001
Richard Kapp on ANF


New PlayGUI Version and Special Version
From my homepage (Amiga/Projects/PlayGUI) a new version of PlayGUI can be downloaded from today. (Unfortunately still not from the PlayGUI page due to a server problem.)

PlayGUI is a all-around play GUI for mods, midis, Mp3s, and samples with many features which can be embellished with skins and themes.

Changes:
  • Bugfix: slider gadgets are displayed at the right position, now.
  • Bugfix: sample-buffer showed 0 if it were set to maximum.
  • Bugfix: GMPlay filter didn't work - this function has been removed
  • The menus have been switched to upper- /lower case for easier reading
  • Font problem fixed
  • No more 3D frames for the skin

Moreover there is a 7MB special version of PlayGUI on my homepage containing the latest version and additionally all of the skins and themes available at this time. 90% of these are not to find at Aminet.

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28.Feb.2001
X-CELLENCE on ANF


X-CELLENCE Wanting....
The young developer team X-CELLENCE still is wanting reinforcement for there AMIGA department. There already are three PC projects under development which are to be developed for the AMIGA simultaneously. This concerns the following projects:
  • SCR2K: fun-racer in the style of the "StuntCarRacer" classic
  • FirePower: shooter with best Arcade tradition
  • New York Night: story-heavy ego-shooter

Applications can be placed at the given URL.

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